Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire

Analysis

Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in February 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 09935120). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire reported income of £892k and spending of £930k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £756k to £892k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Citizens Advice South Lincolnshire sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kids Matter (£892k), The Lewy Body Society (£893k) and Croydon Health Services Charitable Fund (£891k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £66k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.