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home >> charity search >> leiston, saxmundham & district citizens advice bureau
Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

LEISTON, SAXMUNDHAM & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

Free, confidential and impartial advice to all comers on all subjects
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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
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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
31/03/22£214£207£7n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/21£247£178£69n/an/an/an/an/a34
31/03/20£194£149£45n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/19£135£132£3n/an/an/an/an/a32
31/03/18£122£121£1£0£0£0n/a031
31/03/17£125£120£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£131£120£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£122£120£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£125£122£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£125£121£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£121£117£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£121£124£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£130£127£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£116£113£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£113£112£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£114£102£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£105£107£-2£0£0£0n/a00
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.leistoncab.org

bureau@leistoncab.cabnet.org.uk

01728603193

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Advice organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
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?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 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
Suffolk Community Foundation - Covid Local Support Grant
£2,000 11/05/2021
Hardship Funding Round 5.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund - Round 4
£3,000 29/03/2021
2
Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Improve advice to people with mental health needs
£1,000 12/03/2021
To improve advice to people with mental health needs in the Suffolk Coastal area.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R3
£1,750 02/02/2021
To support those in hardship due to Covid 19.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Grant to Leiston, Saxmundham & District Citizens Advice Bureau
£10,000 15/07/2020
12
Towards services offered through the Connect4Health programme.
CAF - Grant to Citizens Advice, Leiston, Saxmundham and District
£2,000 21/04/2020
Grant to Citizens Advice, Leiston, Saxmundham and District to support the organisation through COVID19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Coronavirus Remote Working
£5,000 26/03/2020
1
To enable Citizens Advice staff and volunteers to work from home and support the community. Covid19
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 54-70
  • DAVID VERNEY Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/05/2005, number: 1109515
  • Registered at Companies House on 24/01/2005, number: 05340083
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; all on time
Main office

14 Colonial House
Station Road
Leiston
Suffolk
IP17 1BN

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN LEISTON, SAXMUNDHAM 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:

LEISTON,SAXMUNDHAM AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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