Citizens Advice Essex Limited

Analysis

Citizens Advice Essex Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06150651). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Essex Limited reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.1m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £667k to £2.1m (+209%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Advice Essex Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Combined Cadet Force Association (£2.1m), St Martin-In-The-Fields Trust (£2.1m) and Money Advice and Community Support Service (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £75k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.