Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

Poor Liquidity: -1
Accounts overdue -5
Strong growth: +2

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 1

HERTFORDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE SERVICE

We are a consortium formed by the 10 Citizens Advice in Hertfordshire with the aim to generate additional funding to serve the needs of citizens in Hertfordshire; and to represent the CAB community at a county level.

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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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
31/03/22		£814	£826	£-12	£0	£13	£13	0.2	0
31/03/21		£668	£692	£-24	£0	£25	£25	0.4	0
31/03/20		£379	£370	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£365	£358	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£214	£200	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/17		£474	£472	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16		£528	£519	£8	£0	£17	£17	0.4	0
31/03/15		£534	£532	£2	£1	£9	£9	0.2	0
31/03/14	*	£279	£284	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/13		£10	£8	£2	£0	£0	£0	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: 62%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 1.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 12 years

01462896533

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Advice organisations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

Bedford, Essex, Hertfordshire,

Who it helps

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

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid Recovery
£9,980	11/03/2022	The funding will be used to provide specialist training for volunteers and staff across 10 local citizens advice organisations with a focus on mental health alleviating poverty and addressing the ....more The funding will be used to provide specialist training for volunteers and staff across 10 local citizens advice organisations with a focus on mental health alleviating poverty and addressing the inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic. The project will enable these organisations to provide more effective and timely support to the most vulnerable at the earliest possible stage.
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19 Advice Training Project
£9,996	28/01/2021 11	The funding will be used to provide remote training to volunteers at the citizens advice service in order for them to deliver up to date advice to the community during Covid-19. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used to provide remote training to volunteers at the citizens advice service in order for them to deliver up to date advice to the community during Covid-19. The project aims to enable disadvantaged people to understand their rights and responsibilities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Hertfordshire Community Training Project
£9,990	18/10/2019 12	Hertfordshire Community Training Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Herts Cluster Training Project
£9,990	28/06/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to run a training project to help address skills gaps in staff and volunteers to better advise beneficiaries on Universal Credit and general debt advice.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 50-76

MELANINE CHAMMINGS Appointed: 2019

CHRIS WOOD (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HERTSMERE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU,

EMMA JANE DUCKWORTH Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Operations Manager

RICHARD JOHN WESTERGREEN THORNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SANDRA CALDWELL CB Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Senior Civil Servant

CHRISTINE GILLHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Project Coordinator, Other trusteeship: EAST HERTS CITIZENS ADVICE SERVICE,

LAURENCE LICHMAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: DACORUM DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU,

MARCELLE IBBETSON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: WELWYN HATFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED,

MOHAMMED FARRUKH SIDDIQI Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, CITIZENS ADVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LTD,

RONALD SWEETMAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CITIZENS ADVICE SERVICE IN THREE RIVERS,

STEPHEN JOHN CLARKE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: Community Alliance Broxbourne and East Herts,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 03/09/2012, number: 1148793
Registered at Companies House on 08/11/2011, number: 07839234

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR14: 1 days late,

Main office

Daneshill House
Danestrete
STEVENAGE
Hertfordshire
SG1 1BY

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF HERTFORDSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS AND SURROUNDING LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE AREA OF BENEFIT) AND IN PARTICULAR, BY THE ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HERTFORDSHIRE

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