Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 7

No PartB

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 13

BEXLEY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED

GIVING FREE CONFIDENTIAL INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 46 years

www.bexleycab.org.uk

advice@bexleycab.org.uk

0808 2505 709

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£424	£451	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/22		£410	£403	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/03/21		£420	£344	£75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/03/20	*	£412	£367	£45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/03/19		£377	£369	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/18		£343	£363	£-20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£375	£340	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£355	£340	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£353	£331	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£311	£310	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£314	£304	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£319	£311	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£356	£355	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£347	£342	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£304	£287	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£286	£281	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£227	£228	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£204	£206	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£200	£202	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£185	£181	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Bexley,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
2 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
Trust for London - Bexley Citizens Advice Bureau
£70,056	22/06/2023	The funding is for 3 years for a part-time Level 3 Immigration Advisor subcontracted from Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network - providing advocacy, advice and representation to Bexley residents with ....more The funding is for 3 years for a part-time Level 3 Immigration Advisor subcontracted from Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network - providing advocacy, advice and representation to Bexley residents with insecure immigration status (especially NRPF designations), therefore enabling settlement with all is financial, social, family and emotional benefits.
Trust for London - Bexley Citizens Advice Bureau
£3,200	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8259
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£18,750	03/07/2020	"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."
Trust for London - Bexley Citizens Advice Bureau
£96,000	26/02/2020 36	The funding is for a new, part-time Level 3 Immigration Advisor (subcontracted from Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network) to provide advocacy, advice and representation to Bexley residents with ....more The funding is for a new, part-time Level 3 Immigration Advisor (subcontracted from Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network) to provide advocacy, advice and representation to Bexley residents with insecure immigration status (especially those with No Resource to Public Funds).
Trust for London - Bexley Citizens Advice Bureau
£60,000	07/06/2017 36	The funding is to towards the hiring of Level 3 Immigration adviser to offer advocay, immigration advice and representation to support Bexley residents, enabling people to become economically ....more The funding is to towards the hiring of Level 3 Immigration adviser to offer advocay, immigration advice and representation to support Bexley residents, enabling people to become economically self-sufficient and/or aware of their legal rights and options.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Bexley Citizens Advice Bureaux Ltd
£101,440	13/03/2014 36	£101,440 (£34,440; £33,320; £33,680) over three years for the salary and on-costs of a specialist Money Advisor in Bexley.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-74

KEITH PHILIP COLEMAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired

NEIL WALFORD Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

NIGEL RONALD SPRINGHALL Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

OMOBUKOLA ABIGAEL OMOPARIOLA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Healthcare Practitioner

PAUL NEVULIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: It Consultant, Other trusteeship: BEXLEY CROSSROADS CARE LIMITED,

SARAH ANN ALBURY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor

STEVE ARMSTRONG (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/06/1978, number: 275955
Registered at Companies House on 17/05/1978, number: 01368988

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Financial Conduct Authority

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
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; AR20: 8 days late,

Main office

Citizens Advice Bureau
42 Pier Road
ERITH
DA8 1TA

Objectives

PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BEXLEY AND THE ADJACENT AREA BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BEXLEY LB

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