Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1

Good trustee age range: +3
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

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
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male

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	£710	£687	£23	£0	£312	£273	4.8	16	49
31/03/22	£570	£513	£57	£0	£266	£264	6.2	15	38
31/03/21	£472	£404	£69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	43
31/03/20	£367	£342	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	44
31/03/19	£408	£418	£-10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	54
31/03/18	£393	£446	£-53	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£432	£447	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£533	£545	£-12	£0	£147	£132	2.9	18	0
31/03/15	£476	£432	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£433	£370	£63	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£349	£420	£-72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£413	£424	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£574	£553	£22	£53	£134	£106	2.3	15	0
31/03/10	£588	£581	£7	£44	£113	£82	1.7	17	0
31/03/09	£423	£485	£-62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£351	£361	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£358	£296	£62	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£289	£255	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£198	£202	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£281	£258	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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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: 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 ?

Established: 30 years

www.citizensadvice1066.co.uk

info@citizensadvice1066.co.uk

01424 869 352

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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

Advice organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

East Sussex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

16 employees
49 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

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 ....more 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 in financial hardship for essential items.
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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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, ....more 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, utilities and consumer rights, energy and financial capability. They also provide a specialist debt advice service. Funding is to enable 10 more volunteers to be set up for remote working with the necessary phones and IT equipment.
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 ....more 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 run t

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 21-70

CONNOR JACK WINTER Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Commercial Administrator

NICOLAE TROFIN Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Will Writing And Estate Planning Consultant

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, Other trusteeship: CARE FOR THE CARERS,

LEE FRANCIS FORSTER-KIRKHAM Appointed: 2016, 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

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