Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 12
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Grant maker support: +12
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

ENFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX 

Citizens Advice Enfield is a charity that offers free, accessible,quality advice to anyone who lives in Enfield. We can help with all kinds of problems whether they are housing, employment, benefits, debts or immigration issues for example.
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Positives:

  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • 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 and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age
Established: 25 years

WWW.CITIZENSADVICEENFIELD.ORG.UK

info@enfieldcab.org.uk

02083754171

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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£981£949£33£0£708£4525.71615
31/03/22£1,119£1,035£84£0£675£5766.72120
31/03/21£1,228£1,112£116£0£591£46053155
31/03/20*£1,041£1,000£41£0£476£4595.53050
31/03/19£936£793£143£0£435£4286.51966
31/03/18£920£833£87£0£292£2073210
31/03/17£839£777£61£0£288£2884.4200
31/03/16£826£773£53£0£226£2233.5190
31/03/15£691£707£-16£11£173£1432.4150
31/03/14£664£776£-111£15£188£1582.4170
31/03/13£641£699£-58£16£300£2694.6160
31/03/12£618£604£14£13£358£3547120
31/03/11£650£571£78£9£344£3447.2100
31/03/10£556£513£44£513£266£2556100
31/03/09£543£571£-28£7£222£1964.1190
31/03/08£616£540£76£5£250£1553.5180
31/03/07*£531£549£-18£33£174£1463.2100
31/03/06*£548£514£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£632£568£64£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£615£639£-24£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 17%
Liabilities/Income: 17%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 64%
Reserves/Spending: 5.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 5.8
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 16 employees
  • 15 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
Henry Smith Charity£325,900
City Bridge Trust£221,000
Trust for London£97,080
Power to Change£75,000
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington£28,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau
£205,900 06/11/2023
towards three years‘ continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing advice and advocacy for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the London Borough of Enfield.
Trust for London - Citizens Advice Enfield
£5,500 29/09/2022
This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2021-9005
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Enfield CAB
£221,000 22/07/2022
60
£221,000 over five years (£40,000, £42,000, £44,000, £46,400, £48,600) towards the salary of a Welfare Benefits and Debt Adviser (28 hpw)
Trust for London - Citizens Advice Enfield
£82,000 11/06/2021
36
This funding is for a 3 year housing adviser post to provide housing advice and campaign to combat housing problems in Enfield, which is the highest in London. Activities include provision of quality ....more
Power to Change - C-19 CCLORS - Citizens Advice Enfield
£75,000 14/10/2020
Grant to C-19 CCLORS - Citizens Advice Enfield
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,051 29/09/2020
"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
Trust for London - Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau
£9,580 02/09/2020
6
The funding is for the purchase of IT equipment to respond to the COVID-19 crisis demand and continue to deliver its services remotely. As the lockdown is eased, it needs IT equipment to be able to ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux Services
£10,000 30/07/2020
COVID19 : purchase of IT equipment for a charity that works with people from minority communities in Enfield
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux Services
£28,000 29/04/2020
24
To deliver advice service to families using the Jubilee Church foodbank.
Home Office - ENFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU (G)
£3,333 01/04/2020
This grants scheme will enable organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens to help them make their EU Settlement Scheme application by 30 June 2021 and continuing support ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau
£120,000 11/09/2019
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the salary of a Money Adviser at a project helping people address their financial problems and claim their rights and entitlements in the London Borough ....more
Home Office - EU Settlement Grant Scheme Funding 2019-20
£8,000 01/04/2019
This grants scheme is enabling organisations to provide practical support to vulnerable EU citizens through information-giving, advice and provision of technology and assistance to help them make ....more
Comic Relief - Enfield CAB Sustainability Fund
£35,000 25/07/2018
6
“We have already taken our first baby steps towards achieving income from sources other than grants and improving our financial stability. In mid-April this year, we opened the first CAB charity ....more
The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux Services
£28,000 04/07/2018
24
Church and CAB Working Together to Tackle Food Poverty
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau
£3,592 29/11/2017
We want to set up a Co-operative community interpreting fund, so that we can communicate with anyone who needs our help, in any language.
Trust for London - Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau Service
£73,000 12/10/2017
36
The funding is to support a 3 year campaign to combat housing problems in Enfield, which have reached crisis point, by 1) obtaining intelligence on disrepair and illegal practice and using this to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A warm welcome!
£2,950 17/05/2017
12
This project will redevelop the group's reception area, enabling more volunteers to work at any one time. This will improve community engagement and organisational effectiveness.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau
£95,700 10/03/2016
24
towards three years' running costs of an apprenticeship scheme for disadvantaged people in the London Borough of Enfield
Tudor Trust - Grant to Citizens Advice Bureau: Enfield
£11,000 17/12/2015
12
over one year as continuation funding for the Roma Advice project in Enfield
Comic Relief - Heat and Eat!
£118,751 15/07/2015
36
Enfield has high poverty figures - 37% of children in the borough live in poverty, and over 10,000 households face fuel poverty. There can be a stark choice between heating your home or buying food. ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Advising Enfield
£288,560 26/01/2015
36
Not Available
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau
£132,200 27/11/2014
36
£132,200 over three years (£43,800; £43,800; £44,600) for a Debt and Benefits Advisor and associated running costs.
Dunhill Medical Trust - Older Persons Outreach Service
£15,496 08/09/2014
Drop-in advice service for vulnerable older people and their carers
Tudor Trust - Grant to Citizens Advice Bureau: Enfield
£22,000 27/03/2014
24
over two years towards the salary and running costs of a drop-in service supporting the Roma community, as part of CAB Enfield's wider Eastern European Advice Project
London Catalyst - Enfield Citizens Advice Bureau - 1
£8,500 19/02/2014
Project to provide advice via home visits and pre-hospital discharge to vulnerable people
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Enfield CAB
£34,000 27/09/2013
The charity provides a range of advice services. Dedicated support for people from Eastern European communities enables them to know their rights and entitlements and to access the support they need.
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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-75
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 08/12/1998, number: 1072841
  • Registered at Companies House on 03/09/1998, number: 03626139
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR20: 16 days late, AR07: 8 days late, AR06: 354 days late, AR05: 17 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from LYING-IN CHARITY on 22/07/2020
Main office

Unit 5
Vincent House
2e Nags Head Road
ENFIELD
EN3 7FN

Objectives

FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO ESTABLISH AND CONDUCT CENTRES TO SUPPLY FREE CONFIDENTIAL AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE GUIDANCE AND COUNSEL FOR THE PUBLIC.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ENFIELD

Data Sources

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360 Giving
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