Skip navigation | Skip to footer
 

Statistics -Text Only Version


 

      Contents          

Annual Report 2004 - Statistics -Text Only Version

Citizens Adivce Clients in 2003/2004 by enquiry type

IssueClients in 2003
Benefits1,723,000
Consumer and utilities1,183,000
Housing549,000
Employment510,000
Legal433,000
Relationship347,000
Tax143,000
Other716,000

Citizens Advice clients in 2003/2004 by enquiry type - detailed break down

Welfare benefits and tax credits

Issue

Clients

%

disability benefits315,00018.3%
benefit debt36,0002.1%
income support253,00014,7%
housing benefit209,00012.1%
sickness benefits156,0009%
council tax benefits184,00010.7%
pension credit/pensions97,0005.6%
job seekers allowance75,0007.8%
tax credit134,0007.8%
other264,00015.3%
total1,723,000

Benefit queries up by 3.3 per cent due to incresed problems with tax credit and pension credit

Back to Problem solving for everyone in the community - Welfare benefits and tax credits.

Consumer and debt

Issue

Clients

%

consumer debt707,00048.9%
goods and services190,00013.1%
credit and finance89,0006.1%
insurance43,0003.0%
other consumer and utility problems67,0004.6%
housing debt114,0007.9%
utilities debt82,0005.7%
tax debt68,0004.7%
other debts85,0005.9%
total1,444,000

Overall debt problems are up by 3.1 per cent, with other two-thirds of these consumer debt related.

Back to Problem solving for everyone in the community - Consumer and debt.

Housing

Issue

Clients

%

housing debt114,00020.8%
homelessness threat75,00013.7%
environment/neighbour53,0009.6%
housing costs48,0008.7%
housing conditions49,0008.9%
security of tenure39,0007.1%
homelessness actual29,0005.3%
other143,00026%
total549,000

Housing related problems have decreased by 4.3 per cent.

Back to Problem solving for everyone in the community - Housing.

Employment

Issue

Clients

%

terms and conditions208,00040.7%
dismissal96,00018.8%
redundancy52,00010.2%
discrimination23,0004.6%
self employment14,0002.7%
debt13,0002.6%
employment schemes6,0001.2%
other98,00019.3%
total510,000

Employment related problems have fallen over the last few years.

Back to Problem solving for everyone in the community - Employment.

Access to justice

Issue

Clients

%

proceedings233,00053.7%
injury compensation38,0008.7%
legal aid24,0005.5%
debt25,0005.9%
other113,00026.2%
total433,000

Legal problems relating to debt are up by 11.5 per cent.

Back to Problem solving for everyone in the community - Access to justice.

Funding the charity for your community

Citizens Advice Income

SourceAmmount%
Government grants £36,772,000 85.5%
Other public bodies grants£2,233,0005.2%
Other grants £1,193,000 2.8%
Individuals £3,0000%
Trading £1,568,0003.6%
Training and support £634,000 1.5%
Bank interest £526,0001.2%
Other £93,0000.2%
Legacies £1,0000%
Total £43,023,000

(Amounts rounded to nearest thousand)

Back to Funding the charity for your community - Citizens Advice Income.

Citizens Advice expenditure

AreaAmount%
Bureau audit and support£11,413,00030.5%
CABnet and Citizens Connect£11,972,00032.0%
Bureau and other grants£5,612,00015.0%
Training£3,276,0008.8%
Information£1,629,0004.3%
Social policy£1,420,0003.8%
Trading£1,415,0003.8%
Management and admin£355,0000.9%
Cost of generating funds£347,0000.9%
Total £37,439,000

(Amounts rounded to nearest thousand)

Back to Funding the charity for your community - Citizens Advice expenditure.

Bureau funding

SourceAmount%
Local authority£60,891,00047.6%
Legal Services Commission£24,638,00019.3%
Community Fund£9,189,0007.2%
Health£8,096,0006.3%
Other£7,419,0005.8%**
Help in-kind funding£6,081,0004.8%
Fundraised income£4,398,000 3.4%
Regeneation funds £3,332,0002.6%
European funding£696,0000.5%
Public bodies £3,113,0002.4%
Total£127,853,000

(Amounts rounded to nearest thousand)

Back to Funding the charity for your community - Bureau funding.

Funding figures have been reported by Citizens Advice Bureaux.

** Other includes grants from Citizens Advice and The Friends of Citizens Advice Bureaux Trust (Friends).

During 2003/04, Citizens Advice raised over £215,000 for Friends and distributed grants to 113 bureaux throughout the UK.


 

      Contents          

  Back to top