Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 2

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 5

THE CANTERBURY DISTRICT C.A.B

Providing free, confidential, impartial advice to the community in the Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable and the surrounding areas.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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	£398	£413	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22	£448	£461	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	35
31/03/21	£473	£443	£30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	28
31/03/20	£466	£450	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	47
31/03/19	£389	£369	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	46
31/03/18	£308	£310	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£299	£324	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£342	£379	£-37	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£403	£420	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£373	£330	£44	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£380	£366	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£284	£299	£-15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£256	£267	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£285	£296	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£212	£226	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£172	£188	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£174	£189	£-14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£204	£202	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£197	£218	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£187	£178	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.canterburycitizensadvice.org

distman@canterburycab.cabnet.org.uk

01227364725

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for the elderly

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Kent,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
40 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid-secure environment for Canterbury District Citizens Advice
£8,582	14/05/2021	The funding will be used to carry out core maintenance works install COVID secure equipment and deliver staff training at the citizens advice service. The project will enable them to reopen safely ....more The funding will be used to carry out core maintenance works install COVID secure equipment and deliver staff training at the citizens advice service. The project will enable them to reopen safely and provide face to face support to the community.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The Canterbury District C.A.B
£3,667	19/11/2018	We want to buy a laptop, scanner, other equipment and print materials to enable our adviser to help clients in Whitstable.
National Lottery Community Fund - Information, Advice & Guidance for Deaf People in the Canterbury
£10,000	27/03/2018 12	The organisation will work in conjunction with The Royal Association of Deaf People to provide an Information and Advice service. The aim of this is to provide bespoke support and provide Deaf ....more The organisation will work in conjunction with The Royal Association of Deaf People to provide an Information and Advice service. The aim of this is to provide bespoke support and provide Deaf Awareness training to staff.
National Lottery Community Fund - Equipping Citizens in Canterbury
£9,997	04/01/2017 12	This project will upgrade their current telephone system and provide new computers and furniture for the benefit of staff, volunteers and clients. This will enable the organisation to improve their ....more This project will upgrade their current telephone system and provide new computers and furniture for the benefit of staff, volunteers and clients. This will enable the organisation to improve their office environment and deliver a more efficient service to the local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Canterbury District Advice Partnership
£242,531	25/04/2013 36	The aim of the new project will see The Canterbury District CAB (DCCAB) lead a partnership with 8 other organisations to promote collaborative working to improve the current advice services in the ....more The aim of the new project will see The Canterbury District CAB (DCCAB) lead a partnership with 8 other organisations to promote collaborative working to improve the current advice services in the area of welfare benefits, debt, employment and housing that is available to all the residents of Canterbury.
National Lottery Community Fund - Creation of Training and Telephone Suite
£10,000	11/01/2012 12	This Canterbury charity will use the funding to convert a disused office into a training suite which will be used for a telephone advice service. This will enable the group to cope with the growing ....more This Canterbury charity will use the funding to convert a disused office into a training suite which will be used for a telephone advice service. This will enable the group to cope with the growing demand for advice and improve access to support for isolated members of the community.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 48-76

ABUBAKARI IMORO YAKUBU Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Social Worker

D J CORK, Occupation: Accountant

DON RAMBLE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Barrister

COLIN JONES Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

DR JOHN TAYLOR Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Independent Consultant

HILARY ANNE BRIGHTON (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Consultant-Domiciliary Care Provider, Other trusteeship: THE SIR ROGER MANWOOD TRUST,

NATALIE JAYNE BAYLIS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Unemployed

SUSAN RECORD Appointed: 1998, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARTIN IN HERNE WITH ST PETER GREENHILL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/03/1990, number: 803115
Registered at Companies House on 20/03/1990, number: 02483455

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

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from KENT AND MEDWAY CITIZENS ADVICE on 27/03/2020

Main office

Canterbury Citizens Advice
3 Westgate Hall Road
CANTERBURY
CT1 2BT

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES 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 ENGLAND AND IN PARTICULAR CANTERBURY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

CANTERBURY AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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