Overall GiG Score: 19 ?
Finance Score: 6
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 7
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7

CITIZENS ADVICE READING 

To provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect peoples lives
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 29 years

https://rcab.org.uk/

admin@citizensadvicereading.org

01189523021

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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£770£764£6£24£257£2273.62267
31/03/22£574£540£34£8£251£22451994
31/03/21£668£659£9£21£217£2033.72576
31/03/20£562£569£-7£18£207£2074.42599
31/03/19£495£490£5n/an/an/an/an/a92
31/03/18£508£519£-11£3£210£2084.8220
31/03/17£550£478£72£3£220£2175.4220
31/03/16£579£576£3£6£148£1463230
31/03/15£602£562£40£4£145£1002.1150
31/03/14£495£480£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£391£406£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£418£430£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£472£467£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£499£480£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£403£388£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£402£361£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07?*£287£269£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£183£204£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£188£196£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 49%
Liabilities/Income: 32%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 3.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 1.9
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 22 employees
  • 67 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Reading,

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
Henry Smith Charity£178,000
DCMS£89,008
National Lottery Community Fund£20,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer training 2023
£10,000 23/06/2023
The group will use the funding to provide volunteer training for people in the local community. This project aims to improve skills and help people to reach their potential.
National Lottery Community Fund - Fit for the Future
£10,000 18/02/2022
The funding will be used to purchase new laptops. The project aim is to ensure staff and volunteers have up to date equipment to best support the community.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Citizens Advice Reading
£178,000 11/08/2021
12
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of an organisation providing information and advice for people from disadvantaged communities in Reading, Berkshire.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£89,008 11/08/2020
"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 ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Citizens Advice Reading
£170,500 13/06/2018
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support for people who are vulnerably housed and help with financial literary in a deprived area of Berkshire
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Reading Citizens Advice Bureau
£75,000 10/06/2015
36
Reading CAB is seeking funding for its homeless prevention casework service which works with people and families at high risk of losing their accommodation through eviction with the aim of preventing ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Reading Advice Network (RAN)
£349,591 19/04/2013
36
The aim of this new project is to get the best value from advice services, by improving awareness, co-operation, referrals and joint-working between agencies. Knowledge, training and best practice ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 36-59
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 02/12/1994, number: 1042542
  • Registered at Companies House on 12/09/1994, number: 02967121
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR07: 22 days late, AR05: 404 days late, AR04: 39 days late,
Main office

CITIZENS ADVICE READING
MINSTER STREET
READING
RG1 2JB

Objectives

Provide advice and support, and 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; and in carrying out its objects and in all aspects of its work, the Charity is committed to promoting diversity, equity, equality and inclusion, to preventing prejudice and discrimination, to ensuring equal access and to promoting good relations between all sections of the community; in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in Reading and surrounding areas.

Defined Area of Benefit:

READING AND ITS ENVIRONS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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