Croydon Citizens Advice Bureaux Limited

Analysis

Croydon Citizens Advice Bureaux Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in March 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02197919). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Croydon Citizens Advice Bureaux Limited reported income of £615k and spending of £613k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £615k to £615k (-0.0%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Croydon Citizens Advice Bureaux Limited sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Patricia Routledge Foundation (£614k), Imam Hussein Charity (£615k) and BOSP Brighter Opportunities for Special People (£614k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £305k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.