Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2

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

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 13

CITIZENS ADVICE ESSEX LIMITED

Assisting the member bureaux to secure funding from Essex County Council and other county and national level bodies, acting as a conduit to the processing of these funds and to streamline the relationship between bureaux and funders.

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:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Established: 11 years
(17 years as a company)

https://citizensadviceessex.org.uk/

martin.lord@citizensadviceessex.org.uk

07742231152

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£1,348	£1,284	£63	£0	£144	£117	1.1	4	0
31/03/22	£1,179	£1,174	£5	£0	£81	£71	0.7	4	0
31/03/21	£667	£658	£9	£0	£76	£66	1.2	3	12
31/03/20	£201	£195	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	£166	£132	£34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	£135	£146	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£42	£32	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£75	£55	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£37	£34	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£149	£152	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	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: 70%
Liabilities/Income: 25%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 81%
Reserves/Spending: 1.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.9

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Essex,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

4 employees

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
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Essex
£3,630	01/06/2022	to develop an Essex wide forum on tackling fuel poverty
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Essex
£1,000	20/05/2022	to help continue the development of the organisation and build on areas that have been identified whilst participating on the Thrive Programme
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Citizens Advice Essex
£60,000	06/10/2020	to recruit, train and manage new volunteers who will help those experiencing social and economic impact from COVID19 with advice, across Essex
Essex Community Foundation - Business Development
£65,250	18/04/2019 47	To employ a Business Development Manager over 4 years to develop and improve the network of Citizens Advice Bureaus across Essex

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 45-73

ALEXANDER MARK TARALA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CHELMSFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU,

CLAIRE ELZABETH MORIN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Banker

DAVID JOHN JARVIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

GRAHAM CLARK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: HARLOW CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED,

JEAN WELLS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

JOHN MICHAEL GILBERT Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WICKHAM BISHOPS & LITTLE BRAXTED,

MARY TERESA STENSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired (Chartered Accountant), Other trusteeship: UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU,

PAULA WHITTLE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeships: SOUTHEND ON SEA GUILD OF HELP AND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, SOUTH ESSEX ADVOCACY SERVICES,

RICCARDO MARK TAZZINI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Finance Director

STUART ROBERT FREEL Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Retired

TONIA PARSONS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU TENDRING,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/08/2013, number: 1153582
Registered at Companies House on 12/03/2007, number: 06150651

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

10 returns made; all on time

Main office

Council Offices
Princes Road
MALDON
Essex
CM9 5DL

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSEFOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF ESSEX AND SURROUNDING AREAS(THE AREA OF BENEFIT)BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY,SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

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