Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 2

Support Score: 10

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1
Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 10

ASHFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their money, legal and other problems by providing free information and advice, and by influencing policy makers.The work of the Citizens Advice service impacts on peoples lives in thousands of different ways - through advice, campaigns, free skills training for volunteers, empowering individuals, increasing incomes and more.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 25 years

www.ashfieldca.org.uk

admin@ashfieldca.org.uk

01623784350

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£324	£365	£-41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/22	£350	£415	£-65	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/21	£443	£392	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/20	£383	£423	£-41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	42
31/03/19	£373	£419	£-46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	64
31/03/18	£364	£411	£-47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£343	£389	£-47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£419	£406	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£365	£322	£43	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£359	£293	£66	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£215	£212	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£304	£250	£54	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£331	£279	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£367	£280	£87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£300	£270	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£281	£267	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£291	£295	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£320	£330	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£291	£294	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£291	£294	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Nottinghamshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
20 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	£219,225
Henry Smith Charity	£123,900
Garfield Weston Foundation	£10,000
DCMS	£9,979

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashfield Citizens Advice
£123,900	18/08/2023 36	towards three years' running costs of a project providing financial resilience advice and guidance for people from disadvantaged communities in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Outreach Ashfield
£219,225	29/06/2023	Funding will be used to continue a free impartial community-based advice service in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire – meeting the needs of those facing poor health economic disadvantage ....more Funding will be used to continue a free impartial community-based advice service in the Ashfield district of Nottinghamshire – meeting the needs of those facing poor health economic disadvantage and social exclusion.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award - COVID19 response
£10,000	03/09/2021	Covid Community Recovery Plan
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,979	31/07/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
National Lottery Community Fund - Ashfield Citizens Advice Mobile Service
£406,162	27/07/2018 60	This funding will provide a mobile advice service to local people. The staffed mobile information unit will provide advice on a range of topics including benefits, debt, housing, immigration and the ....more This funding will provide a mobile advice service to local people. The staffed mobile information unit will provide advice on a range of topics including benefits, debt, housing, immigration and the law. It will be placed at locations such as supermarkets, pubs, churches and community centres. This will help the group build relationships with local people and support to tackle issues affecting their lives.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£15,000	18/04/2018	Core funding for Welfare Support Service
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Ashfield Citizens Advice
£89,500	07/12/2017 36	towards three years' salary of an Advisor/Caseworker to be based in a public sector hub to provide advice and support to the residents of a deprived area of Nottinghamshire
National Lottery Community Fund - Volunteer Career-path Training
£9,909	11/10/2017 12	This project will train volunteers to develop skills and experience to access employment opportunities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Enhanced Access to Ashfield CAB
£299,929	09/02/2015 36	Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Ashfield Gateway to Early Help
£10,000	11/06/2014 12	Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Ashfield Citizens Advice Bureau
£26,000	31/05/2013	Ashfield CAB provides welfare benefits advice across Ashfield in North Nottinghamshire. The grant will support the salary of a case worker to help 1,000 clients with welfare benefit problems
National Lottery Community Fund - Ashfield - Supported Through Partnership
£328,786	19/04/2013 24	The aim of this new project will see Ashfield Citizens Advice Bureau (ACAB) become the lead of a four primary organisation partnership to deliver a new integrated advice service with a new one stop ....more The aim of this new project will see Ashfield Citizens Advice Bureau (ACAB) become the lead of a four primary organisation partnership to deliver a new integrated advice service with a new one stop shop service, increased capacity for the partnership to explore further collaboration and expand telephone and online advice, to improve the lives of those seeking advice in Ashfield.
National Lottery Community Fund - ashfield advice from gp surgeries
£10,000	20/09/2012 12	This is a project by a charity in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The group will use the funding to run advice sessions from local GP surgeries for people experiencing a variety of problems ....more This is a project by a charity in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. The group will use the funding to run advice sessions from local GP surgeries for people experiencing a variety of problems relating to debt, employment and housing. This will improve the capacity of the group to provide services to vulnerable people in the community.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-65

ANDREA STONE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Manager

DR RANJANA MITRA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Operations Manager

JAGJEET KOONER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Planning And Analysis Manager

JANE HEELEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: Citizens Advice Central Nottinghamshire,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/1999, number: 1075753
Registered at Companies House on 31/03/1999, number: 03745598

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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

Main office

ASHFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
ASHFIELD HEALTH & WELLBEING CENTRE
PORTLAND STREET
KIRKBY IN ASHFIELD
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
NG17 7AE

Objectives

FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN ASHFIELD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

ASHFIELD

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