RURAL CAMBS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 7 March 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07931354
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £1,125,134
Latest expenditure: £1,071,180
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 9-10 The Crescent, WISBECH, Cambridgeshire, PE13 1EH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to help people resolve their legal, financial and other problems. Also to improve the policies and practices that affect peoples' lives.

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: 13 January 2026
Date Accounts Received: 13 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,125,134
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,071,180

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: 23 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 23 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £923,036
Total Gross Expenditure: £884,792

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: 23 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 23 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £690,862
Total Gross Expenditure: £689,611

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: 11 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £657,209
Total Gross Expenditure: £588,061

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: 11 January 2022
Date Accounts Received: 11 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £620,256
Total Gross Expenditure: £596,352

04 Official extract

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: 13 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,125,134
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,071,180
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £572,700
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: 35

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: 23 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £923,036
Total Gross Expenditure: £884,792
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £437,201
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: 29

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: 23 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £690,862
Total Gross Expenditure: £689,611
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £4
Income From Government Grants: £237,494
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: 30

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: 11 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £657,209
Total Gross Expenditure: £588,061
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £204,700
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 38

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: 11 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £620,256
Total Gross Expenditure: £596,352
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £3
Income From Government Grants: £180,700
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 18

05 Official extract

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: 13 January 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 1117272
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 605
Income Investments: 7257
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1125134
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,071,180
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1071180
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 6567
Expenditure Support Costs: 197213
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £275,909
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £360,618
Assets Total Liabilities: £84,709
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £275,909
Creditors One Year Total Current: 84709
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £332,994
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 275909
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 275909
Count Employees: 37
Charity Only 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: 23 January 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 914582
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 705
Income Investments: 7749
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 923036
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £884,792
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 884792
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 6624
Expenditure Support Costs: 183711
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £221,955
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £362,700
Assets Total Liabilities: £140,745
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £221,955
Creditors One Year Total Current: 140745
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £319,298
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 221955
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 221955
Count Employees: 33
Charity Only 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: 23 January 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 689283
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 1166
Income Investments: 413
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 690862
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £689,611
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 689611
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 5512
Expenditure Support Costs: 132465
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £183,711
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £325,636
Assets Total Liabilities: £141,925
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £183,711
Creditors One Year Total Current: 141925
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £297,763
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 183711
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 183711
Count Employees: 23
Charity Only 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: 11 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 632633
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 24548
Income Investments: 28
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 657209
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £588,061
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 588061
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £182,460
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £260,358
Assets Total Liabilities: £77,898
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £182,460
Creditors One Year Total Current: 77898
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £232,057
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 182460
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 182460
Count Employees: 26
Charity Only 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: 11 January 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 619727
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 302
Income Investments: 227
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 620256
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £0
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £596,352
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 596352
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 0
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £113,312
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £223,457
Assets Total Liabilities: £110,145
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £113,312
Creditors One Year Total Current: 110145
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £210,086
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 113312
Funds Restricted: 0
Funds Total: 113312
Count Employees: 25
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

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

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

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: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: RURAL CAMBS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-03-07T00:00:00

Charity Name: RURAL CAMBS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2013-04-12T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 4005063
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1101918
Assoc Charity Name: FENLAND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Charity Name: RURAL CAMBS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2013-04-12T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 4009126
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1104669
Assoc Charity Name: ELY & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 FEB 2012
Charitable Objects: 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 CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

10 Official extract

Charity Other Regulators

Regulator Order: 1
Regulator Name: Financial Conduct Authority

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures