THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

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

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

Saffery LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Having considered the above matters, the Trustees are of the view that, at the date of approval of the financial statements, the charity will have sufficient resources to continue to operate and meet debts as they fall due for the foreseeable future. The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX · parent
   1. Citizens Advice Scotland (Trading) Limited 100% · dormant

Significant events

• “The CAB network continued to deal with the ongoing impact of the worst cost-of-living crisis in generations leaving a legacy of debt and destitution.”
• “The new CAS website launched in March 2025, the first of three phases.”
• “The network ran our national "Worried this winter? Let's chat" campaign from 25 November 2024 through until 31 January 2025.”
• “This year marked the fifth anniversary of the CAS Herald column.”
• “Head of the Extra Help Unit, Natasha Gilmour, was also awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Year Honours List for her service and efforts within the organisation and positive impact on the wider industry.”

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

Filings

13

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +8.6%

  £25,984,767 → £28,223,927

• Cash

  +27%

  £7,139,126 → £9,067,887

• Net assets

  +10.4%

  £6,806,586 → £7,512,149

• Employees

  +4.5%

  199 → 208

• Operating profit

  -54.3%

  £1,544,260 → £705,563

• Wages

  +14.1%

  £6,183,800 → £7,056,312

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers