Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 9
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

ARUN AND CHICHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 

Advice and Information Organisation
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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 21 years
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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£4,014£3,796£218£0£687£0n/a5565
31/03/22£2,042£1,900£142£0£470£47034180
31/03/21£1,053£975£78£0£328£328422120
31/03/20£612£593£19£4£250£2505.128120
31/03/19£542£511£31£1£231£2315.425120
31/03/18£456£528£-72£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£580£611£-31£0£272£2685.3210
31/03/16£856£778£78£0£303£2944.5220
31/03/15£766£735£31£8£225£2113.4190
31/03/14£745£681£64£4£194£1753.1170
31/03/13£735£670£66£7£131£1031.8170
31/03/12£681£660£21£9£65£450.8170
31/03/11*£650£682£-32£5£44£170.3190
31/03/10*£428£416£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£181£170£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£133£123£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£108£113£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£118£110£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£97£98£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 69%
Liabilities/Income: 39%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 0%
Reserves/Spending: 0 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • West Sussex,
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?
  • 55 employees
  • 65 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£505,431
Henry Smith Charity£169,000
Sussex Community Foundation£34,721
DCMS£5,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice
£169,000 09/11/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing a targeted advice and casework service for people with mental health needs in Arun and Chichester, West Sussex.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home Visiting Service
£278,302 04/11/2022
This funding will support Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau to continue delivery of their holistic Home Visiting Service (HVS) across Arun and Chichester for disabled people people with ....more
Hyde Charitable Trust - Petworth and Northeast Chichester Good Food Day
£1,399 21/10/2022
Petworth and Northeast Chichester Good Food Day
Sussex Community Foundation - Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice
£10,000 26/01/2022
Funding was provided for extra supervisory support in order to help them meet the demand for their services as a result of the pandemic.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
£10,000 24/05/2021
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice provides free, independent and confidential advice on rights and responsibilities and helps people with their everyday problems. They also raise national and local ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
£5,000 24/08/2020
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice provides free, independent and confidential advice on rights and responsibilities and helps people with their everyday problems. Funding will support a 1 ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£5,000 24/08/2020
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
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
£4,723 04/05/2020
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice provides free, independent and confidential advice on rights and responsibilities and helps people with their everyday problems. Currently providing a telephone, ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
£4,998 24/03/2020
6
Funding was provided to support a six month CA drop-in service at the Chichester Children and Family Centre.
National Lottery Community Fund - Home Visiting Project
£227,129 29/08/2019
58
Home Visiting Project
The MSE Charity - Grant to Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice
£6,000 15/04/2019
Part-funding salary costs of Financial Capability Worker to support victims of domestic abuse.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
£4,990 15/03/2019
5
Funding was provided to support a 6-month pilot Citizens Advice drop-in service at the Chichester Children and Family Centre.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
£4,725 16/03/2018
6
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice (ACCA) provides free, independent and confidential advice on rights and responsibilities and helps people with their everyday problems. Funding was provided to pay ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Arun & Chichester Citizens Advice Bureau
£9,869 16/03/2018
11
Arun and Chichester Citizens Advice (ACCA) provides free, independent and confidential advice on rights and responsibilities and helps people with their everyday problems. Funding was provided to pay ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Outreach advice in the local community
£9,500 03/01/2018
12
This project will provide a debt and benefits advice service at a domestic violence shelter, enabling the group to develop their outreach work, train additional volunteers and support vulnerable ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - An enhanced Specialist Advice Service
£342,916 19/04/2013
24
This aim of this new project is to provide training to advice agency volunteers so that they are equipped to provide specialist advice in the areas of welfare, benefits, debt, employment, housing and ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Arun and Chichester CAB
£41,100 29/10/2012
the salary cost of the Specialist Debt Advisor and Court Representation Person and the Administrator, travel expenses, management, supervision, office, premises, recruitment, publicity, training, ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 50-76
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/09/2003, number: 1099640
  • Registered at Companies House on 04/06/2003, number: 04787378
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • 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; AR11: 8 days late, AR10: 37 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
10A The Arcade
Belmont Street
Bognor Regis
West Sussex
PO21 1LH

Objectives

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 BOGNOR REGIS, CHICHESTER AND LITTLEHAMPTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Defined Area of Benefit:

LITTLEHAMPTON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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