Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

NORTH YORKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE & LAW CENTRE LIMITED

The twin aims of Citizens Advice North Yorkshire are to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 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 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

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£3,949£3,085£864£0£2,000£1,6066.2104104
31/03/22£1,729£1,625£104£0£1,135£9757.26678
31/03/21£1,372£1,163£208£0£1,031£9079.47044
31/03/20£1,038£906£132£0£823£3724.92675
31/03/19£880£827£53£0£691£2944.32382
31/03/18£759£850£-91£0£639£2363.3230
31/03/17£675£655£21£0£704£3736.8200
31/03/16£547£511£37£0£579£2586.1150
31/03/15£479£494£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£481£417£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£481£417£63n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 10%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 80%
Reserves/Spending: 6.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 13 years

www.citizensadvicehrs.org.uk

finance@northyorkslca.org.uk

01609775531

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • 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
National Lottery Community Fund£848,319
Access to Justice Foundation£381,724
AB Charitable Trust£20,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation£12,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Citizens Advice North Yorkshire
£20,000 20/04/2023
A restricted grant of £20,000 towards the North Yorkshire Law Centre. North Yorkshire Law Centre provides specialist legal advice, casework and representation across housing, family and immigration law.
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice Matters
£289,750 17/02/2023
This funding will be used to deliver the Advice Matters project in Selby which provides debt and financial advice to some of the most vulnerable people in the community. The project aims to address the problems caused by poverty low income poor ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice Digital
£10,000 09/12/2022
The funding will be used to purchase digital equipment for their offices across North Yorkshire to allow for volunteers to provide webchat and advice services to people that are isolated and unable to access main locations. They will also partner ....more
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.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Cost of Living
£2,000 10/11/2022
Funding will be used to purchase warm packs for those most in need. They will receive further advice around debt and maximising income.
Access to Justice Foundation - Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS)
£134,550 13/09/2022
Help Accessing Legal Support (HALS) is a programme of The Access to Justice Foundation with the Ministry of Justice. We are working with organisations to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal advice, to enable users ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£41,073 23/05/2022
The funding programme aims to support organisations working to sustain and improve access to early social welfare and family legal support and advice, to enable users to resolve these problems as early as possible and avoid the need for court or ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Spring Grants Round 2022
£15,000 30/03/2022
The 2022 Spring Grants Round aims to support the provision pro bono provision throughout the UK, at a regional and/or local level.
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Reach Advice & Information Bus
£287,579 24/03/2022
The funding will help to continue to provide a mobile advice and information service into the rural areas of Hambleton and Richmondshire districts. The project addresses the barriers to accessing services that rural living can present including poor ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,096 15/10/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£45,000 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID57
National Lottery Community Fund - Money & Benefits Service
£10,000 05/03/2021
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The funding will be used to recruit staff and volunteers to help people with financial issues arising from Covid-19. The project aims to support people during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Access to Justice Foundation - Legal Support for Litigants in Person Grant
£81,429 24/09/2020
LSLIP is a two-year project funded by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). It aims to enhance services that support the earliest possible interventions for litigants in person reducing the risk of their problems escalating. To develop our understanding of ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£50,000 07/09/2020
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
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,360 10/08/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Mid-North Yorkshire
£3,100 08/06/2020
COVID19 : Purchase IT equipment for a charity that works with vulnerable adults and young people in North Yorkshire
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Covid19
£10,000 03/06/2020
CAMNY provide impartial advice/support to vulnerable people in Richmondshire, Hambleton, Selby & District and Ryedale. The pandemic has increased calls for help regarding finances, unemployment etc. Funding will increase the hours of a part-time ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice Matters
£250,990 22/01/2020
35
The funding will provide support for people experiencing mental health issues and crisis due to financial hardship and debt. The aim is to improve individuals' financial situations, and as a result their mental health, through one-on-one counselling ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Reach Information and Advice Bus
£255,000 22/02/2019
36
Rural Reach Information and Advice Bus
National Lottery Community Fund - Mobile Advice Project (MAP)....we're here for you, get on the MAP!
£10,000 11/01/2017
12
This project is the purchase of a van, to be converted into a mobile citizens advice service. This will enable the group to reach vulnerable and rural locations to assist those in need, with the aim of reducing isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice Matters
£279,123 04/05/2016
36
The project will provide an expanded range of advice services in rurally isolated areas in order to improve the lives of vulnerable people and families. Volunteers will be recruited, alongside side an existing cohort of volunteers, and trained to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Rural Reach
£235,730 04/06/2015
36
This project will continue to deliver advice services across rural areas of Richmondshire and help to expand the service into rural areas in the Hambleton district which currently has no provision. The services will be delivered through a variety of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strategic Advice Development in Hambleton and Richmondshire
£202,390 19/04/2013
25
The aim of this new project is to establish new access routes to and methods of delivering advice. Hambleton and Richmondshire Citizens Advice Bureau (HRCAB) will implement a telephone triage gateway system into the local advice services, which ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Richmondshire
£225,495 15/03/2012
36
This project will improve the quality of life for residents of this large extremely rural area which includes deprived communities, an ageing population and the largest Army Garrison in Europe. The project will provide a range of advice services to ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 58-78
  • CARL ANTHONY LES (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Hotelier
  • CAROLINE GRANT GOODRICK Appointed: 2018, Occupation: County & District Councillor
  • CLIVE OWEN JOHN BEHRENS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • JANET SHARP Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired It Training Consultant
  • JOHN MARTIN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant
  • JOHN RITCHIE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: None
  • KAREN TATHAM Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Academdic
  • MELANIE ANN DAVIS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired
  • NANCI DOWNEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired
  • ROBERT PRINGLE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Businessman
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/02/2012, number: 1146084
  • Registered at Companies House on 22/12/2011, number: 07890996
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
11 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from CITIZENS ADVICE CRAVEN AND HARROGATE DISTRICTS on 29/12/2022
  • Asset transfer in from CITIZENS ADVICE SCARBOROUGH & DISTRICT on 15/02/2023
Main office

Citizens Advice North Yorkshire
277 High Street
NORTHALLERTON
North Yorkshire
DL7 8DW

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 Yorkshire and surrounding areas.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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