Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

The charity provides advice, information and representation to individuals and undertakes social policy work.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£4,886£4,869£17£0£1,400£1,0742.61486
31/03/22£4,610£4,517£93£0£1,383£9252.51376
31/03/21£4,340£4,030£310£0£1,290£7902.41206
31/03/20£3,599£3,317£282£0£980£6532.41126
31/03/19£3,022£2,863£159£0£698£5222.29940
31/03/18£2,624£2,489£135£0£539£4732.3880
31/03/17£1,738£1,785£-47£0£404£1471550
31/03/16£1,636£1,626£10£0£451£2652430
31/03/15£1,527£1,380£147£5£441£2792.4370
31/03/14£1,080£1,052£27£13£294£1171.3270
31/03/13£987£893£94£9£267£1882.5240
31/03/12£629£615£14£615£172£1452.8190
31/03/11£466£525£-59£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£548£475£73£7£218£1794.5200
31/03/09£465£424£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£431£515£-84£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£422£418£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£300£306£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£327£273£54£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£469£428£41£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 77%
Reserves/Spending: 2.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 13.4
Asset Split ?
Established: 22 years

www.cacv.org.uk

administrator@cacv.org.uk

01446722812

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Advice organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 148 employees
  • 6 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-79
  • DENISE GOODE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Customer Service Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/11/2001, number: 1089294
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/09/2001, number: 04291764
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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; all on time
Main office

119 BROAD STREET
BARRY
VALE OF GLAMORGAN
CF62 7TZ

Objectives

3 Objects 3.1 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 principally Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, and surrounding areas, but in general for the whole of the UK.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND AND WALES, PRINCIPALLY CARDIFF AND THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN, AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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