Finance Score: 6

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Good reserves management: +3

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

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

CITIZENS ADVICE BRADFORD & AIREDALE AND BRADFORD LAW CENTRE

Provision of free, independant, impartial and confidential advice

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
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

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		£2,234	£2,096	£138	£0	£1,456	£1,438	8.2	47	10
31/03/22		£2,328	£2,102	£225	£0	£1,317	£1,317	7.5	55	10
31/03/21		£2,426	£2,224	£202	£0	£1,064	£1,064	5.7	58	48
31/03/20		£2,483	£2,328	£155	£0	£864	£864	4.5	63	43
31/03/19		£2,222	£2,171	£51	£0	£707	£695	3.8	57	44
31/03/18		£2,099	£2,114	£-16	£0	£658	£658	3.7	59	0
31/03/17		£2,003	£1,949	£55	£0	£673	£672	4.1	68	0
31/03/16		£2,177	£1,982	£195	£0	£621	£621	3.8	64	0
31/03/15		£1,866	£1,787	£80	£3	£543	£543	3.6	54	0
31/03/14		£1,523	£1,388	£135	£3	£463	£375	3.2	41	0
31/03/13		£1,337	£1,368	£-31	£3	£329	£329	2.9	42	0
31/03/12		£1,423	£1,392	£31	£3	£360	£353	3	43	0
31/03/11		£1,495	£1,494	£1	£3	£329	£322	2.6	42	0
31/03/10		£1,584	£1,556	£29	£3	£328	£308	2.4	40	0
31/03/09		£1,351	£1,202	£150	£13	£299	£253	2.5	50	0
31/03/08	*	£1,225	£1,287	£-62	£13	£120	£109	1	38	0
31/03/07		£892	£817	£75	£14	£182	£176	2.6	36	0
31/03/06		£608	£632	£-24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£705	£646	£59	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£775	£704	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 8.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 7.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 21 years

admin@bradfordcab.com

01274758030

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Advice organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Bradford City,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

47 employees
10 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
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£14,672	22/11/2022	Wave three of the Community Justice Fund aims to support organisations delivering social welfare advice services to people most impacted by the cost-of-living crisis.
Leeds Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre
£41,000	19/02/2021 4	Grant to Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£63,200	19/08/2020	A flexible grant as part of wave 1 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID19

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 30-68

ATIF WAQAR BOSTAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant

COLIN COGHILL Appointed: 2023

ANDREW CHARLES NORTHAGE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

ROBIN WALKER LISTER Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Lecturer

RUTH BEATTIE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Nhs Officer

SHAKIL AZAM Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Manager

SIMON ROBINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/2003, number: 1096130
Registered at Companies House on 31/10/2002, number: 04578503

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

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
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; AR08: 0 days late,

Main office

Citizens Advice Bureau
31 Manor Row
BRADFORD
BD1 4PS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BRADFORD DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE DISTRICT OF BRADFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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