Wolverhampton Citizens Advice Bureaux

Analysis

Wolverhampton Citizens Advice Bureaux is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 01946618). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wolverhampton Citizens Advice Bureaux reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.1m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.3m to £2.0m (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Wolverhampton Citizens Advice Bureaux sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Big Win Philanthropy (£2.0m), Herts Young Homeless Group (£2.0m) and Community Transport (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 75 people.