Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

EASTBOURNE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

Providing generalist advice to all. Specialist advice in Debt, Welfare benefits.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
Established: 23 years

www.eastbournecab.co.uk

manager@eastbournecab.cabnet.org.uk

01323413480

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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£504£496£8£0£167£1633.91747
31/03/22*£453£428£25n/an/an/an/an/a45
31/03/21£397£359£38n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/20£278£277£1n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£255£255£1n/an/an/an/an/a48
31/03/18£250£232£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£261£254£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£277£288£-11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£316£303£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£297£270£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£258£268£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£294£303£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£294£339£-45£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£271£266£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£238£244£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£199£204£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£183£199£-16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£324£278£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£353£333£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£288£306£-18£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: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 19%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 97%
Reserves/Spending: 3.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 4 months
Quick Ratio: 2.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • 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
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 17 employees
  • 47 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
Sussex Community Foundation£91,404
DCMS£43,550
National Lottery Community Fund£17,000
BBC Children in Need£3,540
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Citizens Advice Eastbourne
£3,080 14/07/2023
Funding was provided for core costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Casework Coordination
£7,000 16/09/2022
This project will support the Citizens Advice Bureau to employ someone to work with particularly vulnerable people. It will provide more intensive and practical support for those with learning ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£5,000 11/03/2022
Funding was provided towards core costs including staff and training.
Sussex Community Foundation - Casework coordination
£7,824 26/01/2022
Funding was provided to employ a part-time Casework Coordinator to work with particularly vulnerable people and provide them with additional support.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£5,000 12/03/2021
3
Funding was provided to contribute to the costs of recruiting, training and supporting volunteers, to upgrade their telephone system and towards interpreting costs for their work with people whose ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - BAME Advice Project
£10,000 19/02/2021
7
The funding will be used to continue providing the citizens advice service for the local black and minority ethnic community. The project aims to make advice services more accessible in order to ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£5,000 21/01/2021
Eastbourne CAB provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities including benefit entitlements and debt. Funding was provided for ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£43,550 25/06/2020
"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
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mediation+
£3,540 17/06/2020
6
COVID19 - Family mediation for young people affected by complex family issues and who are isolated due to COVID-19. Benefits include improved relationships with parents/carers.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£3,000 04/05/2020
Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. They provide advice and campaign to improve the ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£2,500 18/11/2019
12
Funding was provided for volunteer training and support.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£60,000 06/08/2019
35
Funding was provided towards the staff costs of a volunteer trainer and office manager.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Citizens Advice Eastbourne
£180,000 13/03/2019
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing Money and Benefits Advice services for disadvantaged people in Eastbourne
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Mediation+
£86,194 23/10/2018
36
A mediation service for young people and their families who are experiencing complex issues. Benefits will be improved relationships, improved ability to resolve conflict positively and increased ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£5,000 14/07/2017
5
Eastbourne CAB provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to all who need advice on their rights and responsibilities. Funding was provided towards training, volunteer support and ....more
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Eastbourne Citizens Advice Bureau
£4,715 30/03/2012
Provision of budgeting and income maximisation interviews and one to one advice and training to older clients with debt or welfare benefit enquiries.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-74
  • ANNE JARRETT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Public Sector Consultancy
  • DAVID WHITE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Asset Management
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/04/2001, number: 1086163
  • Registered at Companies House on 02/03/2001, number: 04171801
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 363 days late,
Main office

Citizens Advice Bureau
Unit 6-8
Highlight House
8 St. Leonards Road
EASTBOURNE

Objectives

The Charity’s objects are to 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 in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in East Sussex and surrounding areas.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EAST SUSSEX

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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