Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 5
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CITIZENS ADVICE 1066

Citizens Advice 1066 provides information, advice and guidance on the full range of advice issues, including debt, employment rights, benefits, housing and consumer issues. The service is free, confidential, impartial and independent. As well as giving advice we campaign to get policies changed. This is based on the experience and needs of our clients.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£710£687£23£0£312£2734.81649
31/03/22£570£513£57£0£266£2646.21538
31/03/21£472£404£69n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£367£342£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£408£418£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£393£446£-53n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£432£447£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£533£545£-12£0£147£1322.9180
31/03/15£476£432£44n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£433£370£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£349£420£-72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£413£424£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£574£553£22£53£134£1062.3150
31/03/10£588£581£7£44£113£821.7170
31/03/09£423£485£-62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£351£361£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£358£296£62n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£289£255£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£198£202£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£281£258£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 62%
Liabilities/Income: 73%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 87%
Reserves/Spending: 4.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 1.5
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.citizensadvice1066.co.uk

info@citizensadvice1066.co.uk

01424 869 352

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Legal & financial advice
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
DCMS£88,487
Sussex Community Foundation£25,000
CAF£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Digital Inclusion Pilot
£10,000 26/01/2022
Funding was provided for their Digital Inclusion Pilot through device distribution and 1-2-1 digital skills coaching.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice 1066
£5,000 12/03/2021
5
Funding was provided for a volunteer supervisor/ digital coach, overheads such as insurance and premises costs and training of new volunteers.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice 1066
£5,000 28/01/2021
Citizens Advice 1066 provides general advice to people in Hastings including: benefits, debt, housing, employment, consumer, family, legal, immigration, health and education. Funding was provided to enable them to give financial support to clients ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£88,487 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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
CAF - Grant to Citizens Advice 1066
£5,000 27/04/2020
3
Grant to Citizens Advice 1066 to support the organisation through COVID19
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice 1066
£5,000 21/04/2020
Citizens Advice 1066 provide a general advice service to people in Hastings and St Leonards by highly trained volunteers. Clients are supported to deal with issues such as welfare benefits, housing, employment, immigration, family relationships, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - AVOID THE DEBT TRAP: YOUNG PEOPLE!
£9,970 24/01/2018
12
The organisation will provide workshops, training and support for young people to provide them with the skills to combat issues of financial hardship and debt.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice 1066
£36,000 21/01/2013
The funding will pay for a contribution towards the running of the advice service including triage and longer term casework. Specifically, the funding will support a contribution towards the salary of a Supervisor who will co-ordinate staff and help ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-71
  • CHRISTOPHER MAYNARD Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Self Employer Barrister
  • DAVID WATTERS Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None
  • ELIZABETH MENGER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: None
  • GEOFFREY RICHARD MUNN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • LEE FRANCIS FORSTER-KIRKHAM Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • NICOLAE TROFIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Will Writing And Estate Planning Consultant
  • SOMTOCHUKWU IKEDINMA Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Civil Servant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/07/1994, number: 1039704
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/04/1994, number: 02923647
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from ROTHER DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU on 07/02/2024
Main office

Citizens Advice 1066
1 Christ Church Courtyard
London Road
ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA
East Sussex
TN37 6GL

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 the local authority areas of Hastings, Rother and East Sussex as the same are constituted at the date of the adoption of these Articles (“the principal areas of benefit”) and surrounding areas.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HASTINGS AND ROTHER

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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