CITIZENS UK CHARITY — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 14 December 2004
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 05268071
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £11,952,849
Latest expenditure: £12,635,427
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Citizens UK, 1 & 3 Jacquard Point, Tapestry Way, LONDON, E1 2FJ

Website recorded by the regulator: www.citizensuk.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Citizens UK is the home of Community Organising. We support a growing network of broad based Citizens Organisations which include faith, education and voluntary associations and institutions that work together for the common good. We also support a Guild of Community Organisers and the Centre for Civil Society.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 15 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 15 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £11,952,849
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,635,427

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 17 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 17 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £11,329,528
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,816,255

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 24 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 24 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £10,640,329
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,674,001

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 12 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 12 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £7,752,440
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,435,318

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 31 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,517,999
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,630,941

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £11,952,849
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,635,427
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 13
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 8
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 5
Count Salary Band 90001 100000: 4
Count Salary Band 140001 150000: 1
Count Volunteers: 10010

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 17 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £11,329,528
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,816,255
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 5
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 7
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 2
Count Salary Band 130001 140000: 1
Count Volunteers: 10000

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £10,640,329
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,674,001
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 6
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 8
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 120001 130000: 1
Count Volunteers: 9000

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 12 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £7,752,440
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,435,318
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 3
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 100001 110000: 1
Count Volunteers: 8000

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £6,517,999
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,630,941
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 2
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Salary Band 110001 120000: 1
Count Volunteers: 7500

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Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 15 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 5773486
Income Other Trading Activities: 4590318
Income Charitable Activities: 1421791
Income Investments: 96517
Income Other: 70737
Income Total Income And Endowments: 11952849
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £891,268
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £11,744,159
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 12635427
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 719781
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,010,000
Assets Total Fixed: 100
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 100
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -6988
Assets Other Assets: £4,599,040
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,289,715
Assets Current Investment: 3200000
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,302,437
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1289715
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £316,326
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2378938
Funds Restricted: 923499
Funds Total: 3302437
Count Employees: 155
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 17 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 5643438
Income Other Trading Activities: 4023962
Income Charitable Activities: 1486061
Income Investments: 71401
Income Other: 104666
Income Total Income And Endowments: 11329528
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £865,608
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £10,950,647
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 11816255
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 939593
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,010,000
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £5,234,345
Assets Total Liabilities: £1,249,330
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,985,015
Creditors One Year Total Current: 1249330
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £3,547,717
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2136070
Funds Restricted: 1848945
Funds Total: 3985015
Count Employees: 157
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 5748036
Income Other Trading Activities: 3301833
Income Charitable Activities: 1513640
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 76820
Income Total Income And Endowments: 10640329
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £640,524
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £9,033,477
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 9674001
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 446893
Expenditure Support Costs: 2265290
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £960,000
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £5,355,409
Assets Total Liabilities: £883,667
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £4,471,742
Creditors One Year Total Current: 879629
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 4038
Assets Cash: £3,116,670
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2436791
Funds Restricted: 2034951
Funds Total: 4471742
Count Employees: 142
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 12 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 3865977
Income Other Trading Activities: 2688519
Income Charitable Activities: 1113242
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 84702
Income Total Income And Endowments: 7752440
Income Legacies: 3865977
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £598,510
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,836,808
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 6435318
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 1551234
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £800,000
Assets Total Fixed: 100
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 100
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -8518
Assets Other Assets: £4,234,802
Assets Total Liabilities: £720,970
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £3,505,414
Creditors One Year Total Current: 601870
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 119100
Assets Cash: £2,763,847
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2708901
Funds Restricted: 796513
Funds Total: 3505414
Count Employees: 113
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 3490483
Income Other Trading Activities: 1973086
Income Charitable Activities: 1054430
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 6517999
Income Legacies: 3490483
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £547,034
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,083,907
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 5630941
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 1408280
Expenditure Depreciation: 604
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £590,335
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: -64314
Assets Other Assets: £2,828,040
Assets Total Liabilities: £575,434
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,188,292
Creditors One Year Total Current: 489632
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 85802
Assets Cash: £1,782,522
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1381883
Funds Restricted: 806409
Funds Total: 2188292
Count Employees: 86
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: CITIZENS UK CHARITY
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2004-12-14T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 25/10/2004AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07/04/2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17/10/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/03/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14/12/2015 as amended on 21 Dec 2017 as amended on 23 Feb 2021 as amended on 02 Mar 2023
Charitable Objects: The objects for which the Charity is established are: · to develop the capacity and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities in such a way that such members are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society,· to assist by directly promoting the more effective working of charitable community capacity building organisations designed to pursue that aim,· to advance the voluntary sector,· to advance physical and mental health,· to relieve poverty, unemployment, or those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage,· to advance environmental protection or improvement and sustainable development,· to advance the arts, culture, heritage or science, and· to further such exclusively charitable objects as the Trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time determine. Sustainable development means "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.The amendment has been made to the final objective to remove reference to the “laws of England and Wales” and insert the following wording “Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005”.
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 434248
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: CITIZENS UK

Charity Name Id: 434265
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE CITIZEN ORGANISING FOUNDATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling