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Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 9
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

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 £k		 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£1,4388.24710
31/03/22£2,328£2,102£225£0£1,317£1,3177.55510
31/03/21£2,426£2,224£202£0£1,064£1,0645.75848
31/03/20£2,483£2,328£155£0£864£8644.56343
31/03/19£2,222£2,171£51£0£707£6953.85744
31/03/18£2,099£2,114£-16£0£658£6583.7590
31/03/17£2,003£1,949£55£0£673£6724.1680
31/03/16£2,177£1,982£195£0£621£6213.8640
31/03/15£1,866£1,787£80£3£543£5433.6540
31/03/14£1,523£1,388£135£3£463£3753.2410
31/03/13£1,337£1,368£-31£3£329£3292.9420
31/03/12£1,423£1,392£31£3£360£3533430
31/03/11£1,495£1,494£1£3£329£3222.6420
31/03/10£1,584£1,556£29£3£328£3082.4400
31/03/09£1,351£1,202£150£13£299£2532.5500
31/03/08*£1,225£1,287£-62£13£120£1091380
31/03/07£892£817£75£14£182£1762.6360
31/03/06£608£632£-24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£705£646£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£775£704£72n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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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 ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

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Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
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 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
The Legal Education Foundation£101,316
Access to Justice Foundation£77,872
Leeds Community Foundation£41,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Legal Education Foundation - JFF Host 2024
£101,316 23/05/2024
A grant to Citizens Advice Bradford & Airedale and Bradford Law Centre to fund one fellow trainee placement as part of cohort 11.
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: 30-74
  • ANDREW CHARLES NORTHAGE (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
  • ATIF WAQAR BOSTAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • COLIN COGHILL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • 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
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

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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