Sheffield Citizens Advice and Law Centre

Analysis

Sheffield Citizens Advice and Law Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08616847). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sheffield Citizens Advice and Law Centre reported income of £6.2m and spending of £6.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.9m to £6.2m (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sheffield Citizens Advice and Law Centre sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weston Hospicecare Limited (£6.2m), The Drinkaware Trust (£6.2m) and Caudwell Children (£6.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 197 people.