Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 8

Liabilities <10%: +3
Strong growth: +2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 22

CITIZENS ADVICE LINCOLN & LINDSEY

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 in East Lindsey and West Lindsey and surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
Over half the Board have joined recently

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		£1,802	£1,343	£459	£0	£1,602	£1,327	11.9	51	17
31/03/22		£1,124	£1,003	£120	£0	£1,142	£934	11.2	46	8
31/03/21		£1,071	£933	£138	£0	£1,022	£830	10.7	42	8
31/03/20		£791	£724	£67	£0	£889	£735	12.2	33	35
31/03/19		£670	£615	£55	£0	£823	£670	13.1	28	47
31/03/18		£330	£328	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£362	£295	£68	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£323	£329	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£320	£274	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£328	£301	£27	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£405	£392	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£500	£497	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£500	£497	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£480	£457	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£341	£347	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£342	£334	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£290	£283	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£238	£233	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£101	£102	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 11.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 13 months
Quick Ratio: 12.7

Asset Split ?

Established: 21 years

https://www.citizensadvicelincolnandlindsey.o

jenny.barnett@citizensadvicelincolnandlindsey

01427810914

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Advice organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Lincolnshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

51 employees
17 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£241,758
HM Revenue & Customs	£57,000
Lincolnshire Community Foundation	£20,000
Access to Justice Foundation	£12,196

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Community Justice Fund Wave Three
£12,196	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.
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Communities
£241,758	28/07/2022	This funding will help to provide a community-based information advice and guidance service for vulnerable local residents. CAB Lincoln will be able to work from four neighbourhood venues within the ....more This funding will help to provide a community-based information advice and guidance service for vulnerable local residents. CAB Lincoln will be able to work from four neighbourhood venues within the city providing holistic support to help clients to address debt housing and financial challenges. Local volunteers will help participants to tap into long term support networks in each neighbourhood.
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - CAB Lindsey Covid Project
£10,000	08/09/2020	Employment, Housing & benefits advice
Lincolnshire Community Foundation - CAB Lindsey Covid Project
£10,000	08/09/2020	Employment, Housing & benefits advice
HM Revenue & Customs - HMRC Grant Funding
£57,000	01/04/2020	Supporting HMRC customers who need extra help accessing HMRC services

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 33-79

CATHERINE CONNELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Senior Finance Manager

JOY CLEWS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Education Consultant

JANET COLLINS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

LYNDA CROSBY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Careers And Employability Operations Manager

MARTYN HEATHCOTE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Principal Law Lecturer

SHIV NAND Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: BOTTESFORD AND YADDLETHORPE VILLAGE HALL,

SIMON MCCAFFREY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Senior Law Lecturer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/08/2003, number: 1099145
Registered at Companies House on 22/04/2003, number: 04740511

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

02/05/2019 - Asset transfer in from WEST LINDSEY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
27/03/2024 - Asset transfer in from LINCOLN AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED

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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR07: 1 days late, AR06: 4 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from WEST LINDSEY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU on 02/05/2019
Asset transfer in from LINCOLN AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED on 27/03/2024

Main office

GUILDHALL
MARSHALL'S YARD
GAINSBOROUGH
LINCOLINSHIRE
DN21 2NA

Objectives

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 IN THE EAST LINDSEY AND WEST LINDSEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST LINDSEY, WEST LINDSEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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