Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Dynamic board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

    DERBYSHIRE DISTRICTS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

    Citizens Advice Derbyshire Districts provides free, impartial and confidential advice to people living in Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak and surrounding areas to help them deal with the problems they face, and help to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased 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 and dynamic in terms of composition

    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£2,563£2,406£157£0£895£8954.55885
    31/03/22£2,467£2,188£278£0£738£73846084
    31/03/21£2,262£2,133£129£0£460£4602.655125
    31/03/20£2,335£2,269£66£0£331£3311.852125
    31/03/19£2,048£1,982£66£0£265£2461.550206
    31/03/18£1,649£1,699£-51£0£199£1991.4560
    31/03/17£1,446£1,453£-7£0£264£2311.9410
    31/03/16£1,661£1,635£26£0£259£2301.7430
    31/03/15£1,402£1,356£46£28£232£2031.8440
    31/03/14£1,236£1,235£1£65£209£2011.9320
    31/03/13£826£845£-19£60£267£2673.8220
    31/03/12£868£827£41£7£286£2864.1240
    31/03/11£945£890£55£42£245£2453.3400
    31/03/10£604£589£14£39£80£801.6200
    31/03/09£473£477£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£420£429£-9£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£333£345£-11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£219£249£-30£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£243£232£11£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£248£219£29£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 23%
    Liabilities/Income: 10%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 4.5 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
    Quick Ratio: 3.6
    Asset Split ?
    Established: 22 years

    www.ddcab.org.uk

    03004568390

    Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Disability
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • 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
    • Throughout England And Wales,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    Who works here?
    • 58 employees
    • 85 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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £32,000 23/07/2020
    "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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Services Together
    £347,302 19/04/2013
    24
    The aim of this new project will see Derbyshire Dales, Amber Valley & Erewash Citizens Advice Bureau (DDAVECAB) become the lead of a six organisation partnership to develop capacity and increase ....more

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (11)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 31-68
    • JULIE HIRST Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Associate Lecturer
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/10/2002, number: 1094369
    • Registered at Companies House on 02/05/2002, number: 04429840
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Event History
    Other Regulators
    • Financial Conduct Authority
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity 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
    • Investing charity funds 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
    20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,
    Main office

    Citizens Advice DerbyshireDistricts
    Town Hall
    Bank Road
    MATLOCK
    Derbyshire
    DE4 3NN

    Objectives

    The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically: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 not limited to, for the benefit of the community in Amber Valley, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak and surrounding areas.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    THE COMMUNITY IN DERBYSHIRE DALES AND AMBER VALLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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