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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

CITIZENS ADVICE NORTH OXFORDSHIRE AND SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 

Citizens Advice West Northants and Cherwell provides advice, information and assistance on a wide range of issues including debt, benefits, employment, housing, consumer and family problems. Citizens Advice West Northants and Cherwell serves the areas of West Northamptonshire and North Oxfordshire.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently


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Established: 24 years

https://www.canosn.org.uk

info@cawnac.org.uk

01295221448

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£936£1,021£-85£0£558£5456.424200
31/03/22£1,092£1,064£28£0£643£5536.232246
31/03/21£1,059£860£199£0£615£4676.521310
31/03/20£640£707£-67£0£415£3355.717241
31/03/19£572£582£-10£0£482£3948.114161
31/03/18£617£509£109£0£492£44610.5120
31/03/17£540£573£-33£0£384£3046.4110
31/03/16£627£626£1£0£416£3526.7120
31/03/15£645£663£-18£4£415£3285.9120
31/03/14£585£552£33£5£433£3026.6100
31/03/13£587£561£26£2£400£2585.5100
31/03/12£413£346£67£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£346£310£37£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£358£281£78£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£319£243£76£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£327£282£45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£318£301£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£310£299£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£256£275£-19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£262£261£1£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 6.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 6.4
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 24 employees
  • 200 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Department of Health£21,812
DCMS£15,000
Oxfordshire Community Foundation£10,564
National Lottery Community Fund£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£15,000 09/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19: Citizens Advice North Oxfordshire Response
£5,764 07/05/2020
1
Advice & support - our community could still access the advice they needed, especially Universal Credit
Oxfordshire Community Foundation - COVID-19 Response: Software Development
£4,800 29/04/2020
3
Food distribution - to people in poverty or with health issues.
Department of Health - Citizens Advice North Oxfordshire and South Northamptonshire
£21,812 28/04/2020
Competitive Grants Scheme on Social PrescribingNeed review after Q2 for COVID19 impactBAU Yr 3 of 3 - £ 925,000Chnaged to Section 70 for 20/21 was previously Section 64
National Lottery Community Fund - Partnership Volunteering
£10,000 05/09/2019
12
Partnership Volunteering
National Lottery Community Fund - North Oxfordshire Advice Partnership (NOAP)
£349,869 19/04/2013
36
This new project aims to see Banbury Citizens Advice Bureau (BCAB) lead an eight organisation partnership to create more efficient, sustainable and resilient advice agencies in North Oxfordshire ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-77
  • ASHLEY RITCHIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: University Research, Innovation And Knowledge Exch
  • INGEMAR HUNNINGS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Consultant To The Legal Profession & Mediator
  • JULIE BAKER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Stakeholder Communications Manager
  • PETER MATTEN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Export Administrator
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2000, number: 1079719
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/09/1999, number: 03842133
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR05: 23 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Citizens Advice WNAC
The Abbey
Market Square
DAVENTRY
Northamptonshire
NN11 4XG

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN NORTH OXFORDSHIRE AND SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH OXFORDSHIRE AND SOUTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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