Overall GiG Score: 20 ?
Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 6
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

NORTHUMBRIAN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

The Bureau provides free, confidential, independent and impartial information, advice and advocacy services which inform people about their rights and responsibilities and help them to take action to resolve their problems. We use client based evidence to exercise a responsible influence on the development of policies and procedures both locally and nationally,
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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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 10 years
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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£2,791£2,575£216£0£1,433£1,2235.77265
31/03/22£2,072£1,864£208£0£1,217£1,1537.46170
31/03/21£1,882£1,578£303£0£1,009£9287.150121
31/03/20£1,566£1,519£47£0£706£6955.543118
31/03/19£1,258£1,210£48£0£658£6476.441100
31/03/18£1,150£1,231£-81£0£611£6095.9330
31/03/17£1,422£1,435£-13£0£692£6895.8460
31/03/16£1,311£1,004£306£0£705£6678430
31/03/15£1,148£750£398£15£398£3445.5270

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 12%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 5.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 6.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 72 employees
  • 65 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,

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
National Lottery Community Fund£50,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£24,735
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£22,725
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust£1,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Northumbrian Citizens Advice Bureau - 20/08/21
£1,000 07/09/2021
Core Funding
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northumbrian Citizens Advice Bureau
£3,000 22/07/2021
The organisations charitable activities
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northumbrian Citizens Advice Bureau
£3,000 15/07/2021
6-9 months debt management support for families in West Northumberland
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Northumbrian Citizens Advice Bureau
£10,000 29/04/2021
Addressing the root causes of poverty of residents within 10km of the Sisters and North Steads Wind Farm
National Lottery Community Fund - Northumberland: A County of Thriving Communities
£50,000 31/03/2021
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Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Supporting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£5,000 24/04/2020
Supporting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - supporting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
£5,000 24/04/2020
supporting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Equipment for its relocated telephone and digital advice hub in Ashington
£2,725 22/01/2020
Equipment for its relocated telephone and digital advice hub in Ashington
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - organisational digital development
£10,000 22/01/2020
organisational digital development
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Equipment for its relocated telephone and digital advice hub in Ashington
£8,735 17/09/2019
Equipment for its relocated telephone and digital advice hub in Ashington
National Lottery Community Fund - Integrated Debt Advice (IDA) Project
£202,550 12/04/2016
21
Integrated Debt Advice (IDA) Project
National Lottery Community Fund - The New Premises Project
£29,449 25/03/2015
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Development Project
£37,831 16/10/2014
9
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Telephone "Gateway to Advice" Project
£162,792 16/10/2014
48
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 21-86
  • TIM FRAZER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/02/2014, number: 1155717
  • Registered at Companies House on 30/08/2013, number: 08669019
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
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
9 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 6
Sovereign House
Lennep Way
Jubilee Industrial Estate
Ashington
Northumb

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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