UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The Charity has established and conducts Citizens Advice Bureau in Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow to provide a free confidential and impartial service of advice, information and counsel for the public. It also provides an outreach advice service from premises in Thaxted and Stansted
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024
Total income:
£536,323
Donations and legacies | £13.84k | |
Charitable activities | £509.82k | |
Other trading activities | £0 | |
Investments | £12.66k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£473,950
Raising funds | £0 | |
Charitable activities | £473.95k | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £187,226 from 12 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £0 | |
Charitable expenditure | £473.95k | |
Retained for future use | £62.37k |
People

29 Employee(s)
10 Trustee(s)
67 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charityFundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Disability
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Accommodation/housing
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Suffolk
Governance
- 16 November 1999: Standard registration
No other names
- Financial Conduct Authority
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
10 Trustee(s)
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Benedict Conry | Trustee | 01 October 2024 |
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Katy Hanks | Trustee | 11 April 2023 |
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Jessica Sarah Garner | Trustee | 31 January 2023 |
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Kevin Barton | Trustee | 18 May 2022 |
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Mary Teresa Stenson | Trustee | 22 September 2020 |
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Lucy Bird | Trustee | 04 March 2019 |
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Chloe Fiddy | Trustee | 15 October 2018 |
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Mark Benfold | Trustee | 15 October 2018 |
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Richard Andrew Armitage | Trustee | 29 October 2013 |
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JOHN DAVID STARR | Trustee |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Total gross income | £262.04k | £368.34k | £429.81k | £329.25k | £536.32k | |
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Total expenditure | £266.00k | £331.91k | £426.13k | £332.00k | £473.95k | |
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Income from government contracts | £30.00k | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | £221.50k | £285.00k | £376.86k | £175.45k | £187.23k | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £13.84k | |
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Income - Other trading activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Income - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £509.82k | |
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Income - Endowments | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £12.66k | |
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Income - Other | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £473.95k | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Governance | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/03/2024 | ||
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Own use assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £261.09k | |
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Long-term investments | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Other assets | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £309.10k | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £206.13k |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 31 March 2024 | 21 January 2025 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2024 | 21 January 2025 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2023 | 15 January 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2023 | 15 January 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2022 | 06 December 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2022 | 04 January 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2021 | 29 January 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2021 | 14 December 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 31 March 2020 | 19 February 2021 | 19 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 31 March 2020 | 19 February 2021 | 19 days late | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 14TH MAY 1999 AND AS AMENDED 7 SEPTEMBER 2004
Charitable objects
THE BUREAU IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF ESSEX, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE AND SUFFOLK BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.
Area of benefit
ESSEX, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, HERTFORDSHIRE AND SUFFOLK
Contact information
- Address:
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UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
BARNARDS YARD
SAFFRON WALDEN
CB11 4EB
- Phone:
- 01799618840
- Email:
- help@uttlesfordca.org.uk
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