North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 23 February 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07890996
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £4,036,799
Latest expenditure: £4,034,011
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Citizens Advice North Yorkshire, 277 High Street, NORTHALLERTON, North Yorkshire, DL7 8DW

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

The twin aims of Citizens Advice North Yorkshire are to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 2 November 2026
Date Accounts Received: 2 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £4,036,799
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,034,011

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: 11 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 11 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,126,458
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,096,551

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: 11 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 11 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,764,603
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,630,382

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: 12 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 12 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,948,991
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,084,806

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: 27 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 27 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,728,768
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,624,601

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2026
Total Gross Income: £4,036,799
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,034,011
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Contracts: 612298
Income From Government Grants: £40,000
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: No
Count Volunteers: 111

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: 11 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,126,458
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,096,551
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Contracts: 790879
Income From Government Grants: £625,776
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: No
Count Volunteers: 132

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
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: 11 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,764,603
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,630,382
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £5
Income From Government Grants: £275,930
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: No
Count Volunteers: 130

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
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: 12 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,948,991
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,084,806
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 2
Count Govt Grants: £30
Income From Government Contracts: 390899
Income From Government Grants: £1,990,697
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: No
Count Volunteers: 104

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
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: 27 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,728,768
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,624,601
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £16
Income From Government Contracts: 50000
Income From Government Grants: £579,862
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 78

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 2 November 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 17585
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 3984982
Income Investments: 34232
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4036799
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,034,011
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4034011
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 663220
Expenditure Support Costs: 663220
Expenditure Depreciation: 26672
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,144,391
Assets Total Fixed: 531755
Assets Own Use: 531755
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,875,465
Assets Total Liabilities: £240,680
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,166,540
Creditors One Year Total Current: 240680
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,536,489
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1748011
Funds Restricted: 418529
Funds Total: 2166540
Count Employees: 115
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
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: 11 December 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 35390
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 4043376
Income Investments: 47692
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4126458
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £4,096,551
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 4096551
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 678171
Expenditure Support Costs: 678171
Expenditure Depreciation: 32434
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,096,500
Assets Total Fixed: 734595
Assets Own Use: 734595
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,691,453
Assets Total Liabilities: £262,296
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,163,752
Creditors One Year Total Current: 262296
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,309,012
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1668415
Funds Restricted: 495337
Funds Total: 2163752
Count Employees: 123
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
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: 11 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 24938
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 3715397
Income Investments: 24268
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3764603
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,630,382
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3630382
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 10800
Expenditure Support Costs: 626330
Expenditure Depreciation: 171721
Gain Loss Investment: 14106
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: -30207
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £916,595
Assets Total Fixed: 738789
Assets Own Use: 738789
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,592,580
Assets Total Liabilities: £197,524
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,133,845
Creditors One Year Total Current: 197524
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,281,897
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1474432
Funds Restricted: 659413
Funds Total: 2133845
Count Employees: 107
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
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: 12 December 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 959472
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 2979357
Income Investments: 10162
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 3948991
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £3,084,806
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 3084806
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 9600
Expenditure Support Costs: 422849
Expenditure Depreciation: 139294
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,040,653
Assets Total Fixed: 768996
Assets Own Use: 768996
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,453,970
Assets Total Liabilities: £223,343
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,999,623
Creditors One Year Total Current: 223343
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,293,753
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1605996
Funds Restricted: 393627
Funds Total: 1999623
Count Employees: 104
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
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: 27 October 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 6569
Income Other Trading Activities: 27549
Income Charitable Activities: 1694499
Income Investments: 151
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1728768
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,624,601
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1624601
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 232296
Expenditure Depreciation: 14772
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £339,000
Assets Total Fixed: 302798
Assets Own Use: 302798
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,016,809
Assets Total Liabilities: £184,169
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,135,438
Creditors One Year Total Current: 184169
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £940,190
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 975448
Funds Restricted: 159990
Funds Total: 1135438
Count Employees: 66
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: North Yorkshire
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

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

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

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

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

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2013-01-10T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 3982249
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1088036
Assoc Charity Name: HAMBLETON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Charity Name: North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited
Charity Event Order: 5
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-12-29T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 5004706
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1130946
Assoc Charity Name: CITIZENS ADVICE CRAVEN AND HARROGATE DISTRICTS

Charity Name: North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2013-01-17T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 4031164
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1118970
Assoc Charity Name: RICHMONDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Charity Name: North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited
Charity Event Order: 4
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2018-05-31T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 5001053
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1127812
Assoc Charity Name: RYEDALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Charity Name: North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-02-23T00:00:00

Charity Name: North Yorkshire Citizens Advice & Law Centre Limited
Charity Event Order: 6
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2023-02-15T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 4020806
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1112726
Assoc Charity Name: CITIZENS ADVICE SCARBOROUGH & DISTRICT

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 DEC 2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 14 APR 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 NOV 2017 as amended on 02 Mar 2022 as amended on 29 Jun 2022 as amended on 10 Mar 2023
Charitable Objects: The Charity’s objects are 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 Yorkshire and surrounding areas.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 657174
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: Citizens Advice North Yorkshire

Charity Name Id: 665476
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: North Yorkshire Citizens Advice and Law Centre Limited

Charity Name Id: 573861
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CITIZENS ADVICE HAMBLETON, RICHMOND & SELBY & DISTRICT

Charity Name Id: 519015
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: HAMBLETON AND RICHMONDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Charity Name Id: 595793
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CITIZENS ADVICE HAMBLETON, RICHMOND & SELBY & DISTRICT

Charity Name Id: 595794
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CITIZENS ADVICE MID-NORTH YORKSHIRE LIMITED

11 Official extract

Charity Other Regulators

Regulator Order: 1
Regulator Name: Financial Conduct Authority

12 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures