Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 9
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

STAFFORDSHIRE NORTH AND STOKE-ON-TRENT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX 

Provision of advice, information and support to people resident in the area of benefit on their legal rights, to help them deal with legal financial and other problems. Our main areas of work concern problems with debt, welfare benefits, housing rights, immigration and asylum issues, and employment rights. We also seek to influence the development of policies and services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • 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
  • There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 33 years

www.snscab.org.uk

advice@snscab.org.uk

01782201234

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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
31/03/23£4,926£4,641£285£58£1,812£1,6744.318242
31/03/22£4,096£3,976£120£57£1,527£1,3664.115735
31/03/21£3,909£3,700£209£53£1,407£1,1793.816333
31/03/20£3,727£3,498£228£52£1,198£9223.214788
31/03/19£3,295£3,305£-10£49£970£7192.613588
31/03/18£3,260£3,264£-5£49£1,046£7942.91350
31/03/17£2,971£2,941£29£46£1,051£7773.21070
31/03/16£2,579£2,660£-81£34£1,056£8043.61040
31/03/15£2,433£2,449£-16£80£1,137£8644.2820
31/03/14£2,454£2,497£-43£83£1,153£8364730
31/03/13£2,203£1,865£338£59£1,196£8295.3780
31/03/12£2,042£1,976£66£61£858£5373.3780
31/03/11£2,188£2,150£37£60£792£4732.6710
31/03/10£2,257£2,121£136£63£754£3962.2880
31/03/09£1,744£1,753£-9£60£619£2621.8780
31/03/08£1,750£1,716£34£63£627£2411.7810
31/03/07£2,074£1,985£89£58£593£1961.2900
31/03/06£1,886£1,929£-43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,730£1,773£-44£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,620£1,671£-52£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 2%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 182 employees
  • 42 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£539,061
BBC Children in Need£162,450
Access to Justice Foundation£90,281
DCMS£48,900
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Improving Outcomes Through Legal Support (IOTLS) grant
£41,281 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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Welcome Advice
£374,050 24/03/2022
The funding will help build on the existing service for vulnerable migrants and to develop new areas of advice to meet the new and emerging needs produced by the changing legal situation. Welcome ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Staffordshire North and Stoke-On-Trent Citizens Advice Bureaux
£100,350 03/02/2022
This project will provide support to newly arrived asylum seeker families to enable their children to gain access to education and integrate in their new communities. The aims are to improve ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Staffordshire North and Stoke-On-Trent Citizens Advice Bureaux
£62,100 09/09/2020
12
COVID19 - This project will offer support to newly arrived asylum-seeking children to access education and other services, isolated due to Covid-19. This will result in improved educational ....more
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£49,000 19/08/2020
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
£48,900 17/07/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Potteries Gold: Fulfilling the Potential
£165,011 17/10/2019
35
This project builds on the skills and experience of local people, and further expands the relationships and strengths-based approach developed in previous projects. Specialist skills will be used by ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Potteries Money Wise
£470,240 29/11/2017
36
This funding will develop and expand a financial advice service, extending its reach to victims of domestic abuse, people with learning difficulties and young adults who are at greater risk of debt ....more
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Staffordshire North and Stoke-On-Trent Citizens Advice Bureaux
£85,070 17/10/2017
36
This project will provide support to newly arrived asylum seeker families to enable their children to gain access to education and integrate in their new communities. The aims are to improve ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Potteries Gold 2 (PG2)
£285,402 05/10/2016
35
This builds on an existing project delivered by Staffordshire North and Stoke on Trent Citizens Advice Bureau which aims to provide an outreach advice service delivered in local communities to help ....more
Comic Relief - Money Skills for the Hearing Impaired.
£119,650 27/01/2016
36
Around 3.7 million working age people have some form of hearing loss, of which the profoundly deaf are four times more likely to be unemployed and become socially isolated; this can leave them ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Staffordshire North and Stoke-on-Trent Citizens Advice Bureau
£52,400 05/12/2013
24
towards two years' running costs of the Into Schools project which supports newly arrived refugee and migrant families in North Staffordshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Potteries Gold
£298,713 29/04/2013
36
This new three year project will see Stoke On Trent Citizens Advice Bureau support and strengthen communities and individuals in Stoke On Trent to respond positively to the Government's forthcoming ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Smarter Advice, Stronger Communities
£350,000 25/04/2013
24
The aim of this new project is to build on the success of the North Staffordshire Advice Partnership (NSAP) which was established through an Advice Plus round 2 grant. The central project themes are ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Financial Confidence in Stoke-on-Trent
£780,702 13/08/2012
72
This project will enable social housing residents to have confidence to take control of their finances and, in doing so, be able to access and choose the best financial products to meet their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/14 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 24-78
  • ANN POWNER Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Financial Controller
  • CONNOR BRADY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Assistant
  • DEBORAH WARE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Operating Officer
  • TRACY HALL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Clincal Lead For Vaccination Centre
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 10/12/1990, number: 1001204
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/07/1989, number: 02402902
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
  • 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; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LEEK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU on 15/02/2024
Main office

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
13-15 CHEAPSIDE
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST1 1HL

Objectives

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA OF STAFFORDSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO WORK IN CONJUNCTIONAL NATIONALLY WITH OTHER PARTNERS/STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE SAME AIMS AND PRINCIPLES

Defined Area of Benefit:

PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, STAFFORDSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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