Overall GiG Score: 0 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +6

LINCOLN AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED 

The Citizens Advice service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. It values diversity, promotes equality and challenges discrimination. The Services Aims: to provide the advice people need for the problems they face: to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
Established: 23 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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
31/03/22£348£338£10n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/21£414£350£64n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/20£349£324£25n/an/an/an/an/a47
31/03/19£345£339£6n/an/an/an/an/a61
31/03/18£317£365£-47£0£0£0n/a070
31/03/17£393£422£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£555£526£29£0£216£2054.7160
31/03/15*£578£566£11£11£218£1884190
31/03/14£592£551£41£15£206£1803.9180
31/03/13£590£582£9£15£165£1182.4170
31/03/12£566£629£-63£20£156£1232.4190
31/03/11£675£668£6£24£219£1763.2200
31/03/10£635£633£3£21£213£1693.2200
31/03/09£565£530£35£16£210£1643.7200
31/03/08£443£440£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£366£355£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£342£318£24£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£330£330£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£296£331£-35£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Lincolnshire,

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Access to Justice Foundation - Joint Initiative Flexible COVID-19 Grant
£43,747 09/08/2021
A flexible grant as part of wave 2 of the Community Justice Fund. A pooled fund to support the specialist legal welfare advice sector in its response to COVID83
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,327 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Advice In Mind
£9,893 21/03/2018
12
The project will offer a regular advice surgery and support to people with mental health issues, leading to them being more resilient, better resourced and having greater awareness.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lincoln and District CAB
£12,343 24/10/2017
12
The CAB is looking to develop paid for services. The Enable grant will support the development of marketable services and their ability to market them ensuring the charity can generate a proportion ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Debt Driving You Daft?
£296,750 17/05/2012
36
This is the re-establishment of an existing debt advice service that aims to give clear and practical advice and support to people with money problems in Lincoln and surrounding areas. It will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Super Outreach Service
£297,020 15/02/2012
48
The local CAB will provide information and advice through outreach, to residents in the most deprived areas of Lincoln. The project will provide an in-depth outreach service, two days per week, in ....more
Nationwide Foundation - Grant to Lincoln & District Citizen's Advice Bureau
£5,000 25/11/2011
Salary costs for a specialist money advice caseworker who will provide financial advice to older people
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Lincoln and District CAB
£25,000 31/05/2011
the costs of the Generalist Advisor working with migrant workers including management, supervision, project running costs and overheads
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 33-79
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/05/2001, number: 1086809
  • Registered at Companies House on 25/04/2001, number: 04205768
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
19 returns made; AR15: 25 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Lincoln & District Citizens Advice
City Hall
Beaumont Fee
LINCOLN
LN1 1DD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IN LINCOLNSHIRE BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF LINCOLNSHIRE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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