CITIZENS ADVICE SANDWELL & WALSALL LTD

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  5 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. CITIZENS ADVICE SANDWELL & WALSALL LTD 2020-10-15 → present
2. CITIZENS ADVICE SANDWELL LTD 2017-03-29 → 2020-10-15
3. SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX 1989-03-21 → 2017-03-29

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

CK Audit

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Significant events

• “We won a National Award at the Citizens Advice Conference for our Care Leavers Project (2023/2024), voted for by peers across the Citizens Advice network.”
• “Secured over £1 million in additional income this year ensuring an enhanced opportunity towards equitable access.”
• “In 2024/2025, we focused on strengthening our organisation by investing in our people. We held a staff away day focusing on building resilience and understanding working styles, and supported colleagues to gain nationally recognised, accredited qualifications through enhanced training opportunities.”
• “During this year, we invested in a new digital platform to manage our Volunteer journey. This platform has transformed how we manage the process and streamlining none-value add processes.”
• “Matt Lorimer stood down as Chair on declaring an interest in the vacant CEO role in August 2024. Matt was appointed as CEO following a robust and openly competitive recruitment process supported by independent advisors. Matt started as CEO in February 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

5

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +7.9%

  £1,899,321 → £2,048,860

• Cash

  +10.7%

  £1,113,672 → £1,233,061

  highest in 4 filed years

• Net assets

  +0.3%

  £1,094,958 → £1,098,561

• Employees

  +4.4%

  68 → 71

• Wages

  +4.5%

  £1,535,877 → £1,605,562

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers