Camden Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited

Analysis

Camden Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01909828). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Camden Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.6m (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Camden Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Questscope (£1.6m), Global Poverty Project UK (£1.6m) and The Friends of the Bobover Yeshivah (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £518k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.