Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 9
  • Pension deficit: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Multiple returns filed late: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

CITIZENS ADVICE HILLINGDON LTD

To provide a high quality advice and information service which is free, confidential, impartial and independent.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

  • There is a pension deficit of £125,000

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*£689£762£-73£0£304£3044.82113
31/03/22£765£790£-25£0£-115£-115-1.72324
31/03/21£679£704£-25£0£-460£-460-7.81523
31/03/20£706£736£-30£0£-118£-118-1.92151
31/03/19*£570£598£-28£0£-563£-563-11.31336
31/03/18£544£610£-66£0£-396£-396-7.8150
31/03/17£542£538£4£0£-375£-375-8.4150
31/03/16£508£518£-10£0£-141£-141-3.3140
31/03/15£490£531£-41n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£556£550£7£33£-100£-100-2.2150
31/03/13£601£576£25£31£-140£-145-3160
31/03/12£562£568£-6£28£-19£-21-0.4160
31/03/11£649£643£6£28£145£1452.7180
31/03/10£623£650£-27£22£-339£-339-6.3170
31/03/09£576£512£64£28£367£3608.4140
31/03/08£520£509£11£20£303£3037.1140
31/03/07£654£547£108£16£293£2926.4140
31/03/06£607£505£101n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£533£477£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£683£702£-20n/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: 22%
Liabilities/Income: 18%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 4.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 3.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.hillingdoncab.org.uk

info@hillingdoncab.org.uk

01895422479

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Hillingdon,
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
Trust for London£136,922
City Bridge Trust£133,700
Henry Smith Charity£131,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£3,660
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Citizens Advice Hillingdon Ltd
£2,258 22/10/2022
We would like to help more people in Hillingdon who are worrying themselves sick about money problems.
Trust for London - Citizens Advice Hillingdon
£8,200 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-05.10.2021-9310
Trust for London - Citizens Advice Hillingdon
£82,000 09/02/2022
The funding is for a new post of specialist benefits adviser (24 hours per week) to provide clients with expert advice on challenges and appeals around benefits entitlements .
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Citizens Advice Hillingdon Ltd
£133,700 06/12/2021
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£133,700 over three years (£45,000; £44,200; £44,500) for one f/t Money Adviser.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Hillingdon CAB
£131,000 18/03/2021
36
towards three years' salary of a Benefits and Budgeting Officer at an organisation providing social welfare information and advice to people in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
Trust for London - Citizens Advice Hillingdon Ltd
£46,722 15/03/2021
The funding is to increase capacity to respond to raising demand for welfare benefits, debt and employment advice. This advice will meet AQS (at general level), OISC level 1 and FCA accreditations. CAH expects that 600 people will benefit from the ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Hillingdon
£3,660 03/03/2021
purchase IT equipment for a charity supporting disadvantaged minority communities in Hillingdon
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Citizens Advice Hillingdon Ltd - 11/02/21
£1,000 03/03/2021
Core Funding
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-88
  • ANTHONY BURLES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • DOUGLAS IAN BIRD Appointed: 1995, Occupation: Retired Director
  • FELICITY COOPER Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Hr Systems Director
  • HEMALI PATEL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Self Employed
  • KIRPAL TAHIM Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • NOREEN SUMRA Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Human Resources
  • RICHARD OLUSOYI OLATOKUNBO ASHAYE, Occupation: Housing Advice & Options Team Leader
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/04/1995, number: 1045991
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/03/1995, number: 03028957
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 22 days late, AR19: 24 days late,
Main office

The Colonnade
Civic Centre
Uxbridge
UB8 1UW

Objectives

THE SERVICE IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF HILLINGDON AND EALING BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGHS OF HILLINGDON AND EALING

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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