The North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

The North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Shields. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07949964). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.7m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £2.9m (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The North Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau 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 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sir Robert Geffery's Almshouse Trust (£2.9m), Sows Charity (£2.9m) and Habitat for Humanity Great Britain (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £662k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 76 people.