Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 8

RURAL CAMBS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD

Provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to help people resolve their legal, financial and other problems. Also to improve the policies and practices that affect peoples' 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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 12 years

www.citizensadviceruralcambs.org.uk

admin@ruralcambscab.org.uk

08082787807

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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	£691	£690	£1	£0	£184	£184	3.2	23	30
31/03/22	£657	£588	£69	£0	£182	£182	3.7	26	38
31/03/21	£620	£596	£24	£0	£113	£113	2.3	25	18
31/03/20	£604	£571	£33	£0	£89	£89	1.9	26	104
31/03/19	£538	£537	£1	£0	£56	£56	1.3	24	97
31/03/18	£566	£647	£-81	£0	£55	£55	1	28	0
31/03/17	£561	£560	£1	£0	£136	£148	3.2	30	0
31/03/16	£619	£619	£0	£0	£135	£185	3.6	29	0
31/03/15	£614	£657	£-43	£8	£135	£142	2.6	29	0
31/03/14	£625	£692	£-68	£8	£178	£77	1.3	11	0
31/03/13	£786	£540	£246	£9	£246	£235	5.2	23	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 44%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2.1

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Cambridgeshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

23 employees
30 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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Rural Cambs
£1,000	14/12/2023	Grant to Citizens Advice Rural Cambs
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£8,388	15/09/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Rural Cambs
£5,000	07/04/2020 3	to provide direct emergency aid to high risk residents of an already rural and deprived area for essential living costs i.e. food bank vouchers, supermarket vouchers, fuel vouchers (particularly to ....more to provide direct emergency aid to high risk residents of an already rural and deprived area for essential living costs i.e. food bank vouchers, supermarket vouchers, fuel vouchers (particularly to cover those waiting for initial Universal Credit payments) and to provide advice and assistance in accessing welfare support for those suffering financial hardship as a result of the outbreak.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Citizens Advice Bureau: Rural Cambs
£63,000	29/03/2016 24	over two years towards the salary and associated costs of the Advice Service Leader to implement a partnership advice project in rural Cambridgeshire
National Lottery Community Fund - RIGHT ADVICE, RIGHT TIME (HUNTINGDONSHIRE)
£345,162	19/04/2013 36	The aim of this new project is to adopt an innovative telephone 'Gateway' solution, by establishing a Single Point of Access into all advice services and working together to share resources such as ....more The aim of this new project is to adopt an innovative telephone 'Gateway' solution, by establishing a Single Point of Access into all advice services and working together to share resources such as volunteers, premises and Information Communications Technologies. It will branded as a partnership solution to maximise current resources and improve service quality and effectiveness.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 29-81

LEIGH DAVID BARBER Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Agency Supplied Worker

LUCY WEBB Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Hr Adviser

MICHAEL JAMES REX MEALING Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Company Director

NEIL ALISTAIR MCKITTRICK (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

PETER FINNIGAN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

WILLIAM GRIEVE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: WOODGREEN PETS CHARITY,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2012, number: 1146277
Registered at Companies House on 01/02/2012, number: 07931354

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

12/04/2013 - Asset transfer in from ELY & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
12/04/2013 - Asset transfer in from FENLAND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

11 returns made; all on time

Main office

Eastfield House
5 Latham Road
Huntingdon
PE29 6YG

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 CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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