. crriiKpis AD￿CE NORTh OXFOR￿1RE ANDsoimi NORIHANiV￿f4sHllRE
(A compally by guarantee)
AUDITED ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
COMPANY NO: 3842133
CHARITY NO: 1079719

crrizENS ADVICE TK)RI71 OXFORDgIIRK AM) SOtrrH NORThAMPTOTrSHIRE
CONTENIS
Messag¢ from the Chair
ReFth of thc D￿￿t0[S and TnLrfecs
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Auditor's Rw¢yÈ
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SlatemeDt of Fin￿Kial Activiti<4
Ba]ance SI￿
Cash tlow statemtlrt
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Not&8 to the Financial Statrmoms
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the financi￿ year 2020ni follow•1 m fiDm thLwe 5e4D in the PTi(f ytar as in 2019120, the Lrganisation
of 1,777 free fofyl pwcds alil¥Jugh f￿￿IDE on th¢ fi￿111 asm*s thxsn't close to telling the full
I￿[ gov￿ inth¢ (we offjjr InN￿b]re4￿dbt￿Y l]Trely in th¢ case
my first year iti the Chair, I to tknk my p[th￿, Steve Gowlff. ftr his Work ID guiithng the
itrludiDg our arnu81 rq*ffl8.

cmzENS ADVICK NORTH OXTrDRDYttREAT4Dsoimi NORThAMPIDNSHIB
Rw)rt of the Dirertors •nd Tr￿tee*
W¢ have pleaswe in presenting our AllTh￿l Repcrt and the audited financial stst¢rnents ftr the year
ended 31 Mar¢h 2021.
OWECTIVES, AIMS AND Acrivrr
Founded in 1965, we are a kKal charity which ha5 l%en providing qualty advice and suprK>rt in our
community for ov¢r 50 ytars. (htyobjective is to bdp p￿Ie find a way forward by prowding advi¢e and
supporu artd by ￿mPaignin8 on big issues that aff￿ pwple'5 lives.
CombiniTh8 the expertise and o)mmitm¢rt of 302 volwrteer4 28 sttff and 8 In1St￿￿, we atm io provide
fr¢< independeni ¢onfidential. and impartial advi¢e lo everyone on their rights aTKI resp)nsibil(ties, atKI
deliver SUViCts and projttts med IcKal needs. Operating main]y in the arw of North Oxf(*dshire
and South Northamptortshtr¢ wehav¢oifM in Banbury, aDJ Bice5ter, aNI also wrkin outrexh v•ue5
Kid]in8too Br2ckl¢y and Towr£st¢r.
W¢ are a membtt of the Citizens Advice ch￿lty netw¢rt which delivers advice from over 2,500
¢ommunity I￿atiOnS in Etlgiand and W41&s. runby 265 iDdiviththl charitie& with 7.700 staff and 189,800
Ivice service volunt¢¢rs.
Weare grnt¢ful to the following fundtts fortl¥ir Dew or c(*ttinu4xl siiptKKt over this year.
Chenvell District Ccxlncil - Athce Servic4 Voluntcw Conne¢t and Voluntett Driv¢r Service,
Hardship Fund and Winter Supp)rt Grw)t
Oxfordshire County cOu￿11- Winter Supp)rt Grant athninistraticii
Bicesler Town Councs1- Advice wvice and volunt￿ Driver SEvic
Kidlin8ton Pèrish Council- Advice s¢Trice.
s(￿th N(rthamptonshire COU￿11 (t￿￿ West NorthamptOI￿hire Council)- Advice Strvice
Public Health Oxfordshire- Benefits in Pia¢e advice seThriceto Prilnary Catr
N￿10nd1 CitiZ¢t)s Adyice - Gamble Awdrq Help to CEaim. and Money and Pension Service
{MaPSI I￿rea%]ng Capacity proj￿ts. We also recave41 Dwffiient for Business, Energy &
Industrial Strnte8y IBEIS) Covid funding vian&tional Citizens Advice forthe work we are doing
on the AdviceLine singie queje 8nd other a¢tion5 taken to a)sureadvi¢e was availablefor pwple
affected by lh¢ pandernic.
Deportment of Hea]114 OxforiLshire Clini¢al CotDmi4sioning Group IOCCG). Cherwell District
Couneil, and West Oxfordshire District Council - Cornmunity COm)￿t S￿]￿1 Prescnl)ing and
PCN Lit& W(Yk¢r sttvÉces.
Entrgy Ralress- energy v(MJch¢TS
National LAtery Cornmunity FuMI- v)Te c(k8ts
Cherwell C(NJtKillor PrK)rity Funds- Volunteff Driver Sttvice Covid19 food deliytty
Wear¢e(FLallYgratefi￿1Oall tlM)sc w1￿have¢￿8aged ith community h￿draIsin80r kindty made donations
to the Charity. wh¢thw lar8e (r small.
Wc seek to xhieve our ObJ￿tiv￿ by ¢nga8ing in the ft?Ilowing **iviiies a￿1 PTojects.
Core Advice Strvke
Our principal a¢tivity is to prowde fre¢ advice to everyon¢ on their rights and responsibilitie5 rewarding
benefits, worK debt attd money. coA%um¢r issues. IwJusin& famity, law and courts. immigration, health,
and rnor
Our thi¢¢ is Provided tltrouth multiple channeb: w Dational advi¢e website for F￿gland arwj Wales,
telephone. ernail, web ¢haL 0￿1 th￿llgh fa¢¢-knfa￿ consultatM)ns. The twtional Citizt415 Advice
website's advie¢ p88&5 bad over 60 rntllion views- aIrn￿ 10 million more than in the previ(x]s year. In
Ch¢rwell there wtte a totsi of ￿.(￿18 visits from 70,913 devices and in South Northamptonshire 55,069
visits from 42,444 dt¥ices.

We nm a Debt and Money Advi¢¢ Seryi¢¢ in Cherwell. fvtwjed by Chttwell District Council. Mljich
provides support to Cberwell resid¢llts to Enaximise itKorne. Te¢hce debt and improve their rnoney
managemellt skilLs. We run a furthtr advice service f(x residcnts of S￿th Northamptonshire which is
funded by S￿￿thN£￿t￿VtOnSh1rC Coun¢ll (now West NOTthamFrfomhireCou￿II).
Our Advisers (one of (Ktr volunteer rol¢s) understand that one problem is often the ￿USe or result of
aMther. 50 they l(x)k at a ¢lieth'S SituatKon holisticalty rather than as a single issu& This way, polential
probl¢ms can be identafied e4rty or prfrempte4 whi¢h helps to prevetkt them from esca[￿l￿g into mor¢
serious tssues. For a client stsi]881ing wtth unmanageable d¢bL our priDritias are to preserve their hotne.
fuel supplies and iibttty. to make aware of their rights and respnsibilitie& and to help them make
informed ¢hoic¢s about fftts)w they deal wilh their dtht pr(￿1*>n.
This yrnr we also fimding from the m￿eY and Pertsiorts S¢ryice (Maps) national Citizens
Advice to increasethe De￿ Advi5¢K(¥paety. TlkMaPS TraineeDtht Advis(T sty[￿10￿ 23rdNovember
2020.
Of our total incorn& 30.396 wa5 fdised for our Cwe Advice Service from ILxal Councils. A further 5.8Yo
was through Covid19 sp#ifK thnding that w&$ received from the National Lotttry, BEIS fi&nding (via
National Cttizens Advice) and 19.wo relates to the Har&hip Fund and Wintff Support Grants. It is
ilnportanl to notethat the Har(Sship Fund and Wintff sUpw￿t Grants totalling £175k were received from
the ¢ouncil and then dIr￿lY distributed to local people exptriencing firon¢iai h8rdship due to the irnpact
of the panderni¢.
Clti2ens Advlce (Help to Claim)
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) cxtended the contract wtth National Citize1￿ Advice to
provide extra UELivtrsa] Credit stspp￿ thexeby ¢xtending our sub-grant froTn Nattonal Citizens Advice to
help residerts in our community needing to maketheir initial UnivThl CT￿1¢ ¢laim.
Of our total in¢orn¢. 3.6% was rais￿ for Help to C]aim.
B¢D¢fits In Pr*dYelB¢D¢fits in Pl•ee
For the last 18 years, th¢ Beo¢fts in Prxtice projeLX ha5 been funded by Public Heatth Oxfordshir¢ to
provid¢ benefits adYic¢ in two Banbury GP surg£ri&s: Horsefair and West Bar, ￿ setvepatients, many
of whtsm live in are250f ￿estdeprivatiolL Due lo I￿Or￿lsten¢1¢s in uptske of theservice. we had be
CO￿ldering how lo make thts strviee more wid¢ly ac¢e5skn1 le. Lo¢k<kTrwn w&$ thE Catatyst to cotnpletely
redesign the provision and change it to Benefits in PIX as GP $urg¢rie5 were no lot)8er &$ acetssible to
the public and my pe(yle were using othtt services suth as focd banks for the fjrgl time. With sorne
additio￿1 funding from Public Healt￿ tbe 4 Oxfordshire citize￿ Advice charities redesigned the
provisÉon io create an easy to a¢ces$ digital front ¢nwrin8 that the service Wds Count￿lde
(pr¢viously it had not b¢M available ID Swth OXf￿{L$hIrc and Vale of White Horse). Now. not only cfyn
Primary Care Sts￿GP$ refer ¢li¢nts bw fl￿ Imnk staff can &) so a]so.
Of our Éotsl inc<>me. 2.7(A* rnised for Bthefits in Pla
Le￿1 Costs Futtd
Oneof our voluntcers IHS donated money fora fiuhj io help dients withiheir legal ¢Thts. The fund is used
when on urgent ne￿ arises that merits financiat help.
Of ourtotsl incom¢. 1% w&$ T¥iwI for our 14al Fut¥l.
En¢rgy Redress
This year we received funding from the F￿tr&v Saving Trust whÉ¢h has been ap￿inted by Ofg¢m to
distribute payments from ¢ntrgy compani<s who may have breached rule5 to registffed charities to help
people who are most at risk from cold knmes and htgh ￿ergY bills. This funding ¢nab1&5 the is5uin8 of
enugy V(￿CherS to po)ple usingprtrpayM￿t metus. Pwle on prepayment mdcTS Usually pay rn(￿e f
their ￿e1 bwause pYepaymo#t tariffs aye mtye axp¢nsiv¢ than Oth￿ pwiexlt rn&h(xls. Re%earch from

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Cttizens Advi¢e in 2020 thowa that sdf-dlsconn￿IIOn is part of life for t(K> many Customers who use
prepayment. Citizerts Advice ttsearch has $l￿wn that l in 3 bad been dtscomKrta in 2019120. Our
resear¢h hLs aLso shown that thege disconnections ￿ have a Serio￿ impaa on the pby5ical and
mental health of those Affecte
Of our iIA41 income, 2.4% was Tri5¢d for Enttgy Reik¢ss
SotiAI Prestribing (ComJDunity CoTr#ert & PCN Link Work*TS)
So¢ial pre8uibing 15 a system in which GPS. nursts. Oth￿ primary-care professionab refer patients
to a range of local, n¢Trrnedical 5ervi¢es. Th¢ l&j￿tive is to I￿rove heatth and wellbeing by addressing
social PTobl¢ms that affect healiK using sffvices provided by Ihe voluntary, communtty. and SC￿la[
¢nterprise sector rdther than prtscription medic&tion. R¢cogthisin8 that lThlth 15 determin¢d primarily by
a range of sociaL economi¢, enYÉronmental facfots. ￿181 pr¢$Cn￿1n8 seeks to address po)ple's nwls
ID a holistÉc way. It also aims to supprrt indtviduals in taking great¢r corrtrol oftheir own he￿1￿.
Our Community Comect social pr¢s¢rTri *in8 service is by NHS EngEaDd. Oxfordthire Clini¢al
COmmi￿l0￿1n8 GriNJp, ChThell Districte￿nCIl andWestOxford4hireDistri¢A C￿1￿(11. and is d¢livered
Èn partnershÉp with CitiZrn5 Advice West OxftydshirL. It is staffed by a full-tim¢ Project M8na8cr.
supported by two Community Navi8ator5, an Ad￿1￿1Strator and volunteus. We a]so have two Link
Workers funded by NHS Eng￿nd via wrtracts with tsvo PrinwCar¢N¢Norks (PCN5)- l. Bicesiw and
2. Kidlin8ton. Islip, W(xyistock and Yarnion {KlWY).
The socÉal prLs¢rll)ing t￿M Col￿￿ts p&)ple Wb￿ health is being aff￿ted by ￿la1 problws to
communtty groups and stt¥i¢es for pla￿l¢al and trtwjtional supwirL For exampl4 we intro(bJce peopl¢ to
befri¢nding schemes and CDcourage io meet new people byioining local activities such as the newly
ftsm¢d Coronavirus Hdpcrs Bic¢sler. Tnbus Fitness & Boxing Club. and l(*al art classes. We a]so help
people to Kdin confiden¢e and 5kilLs by attajding trdining couise5 which might thert lead ￿ volunr¢ering
and ontopaid employment. TIKise with debtor advice need5 arerefeJredtothe Advice Service. Generaily,
we seek to prom(Xe a knlthy lifestyle by helptng clients to b&ome mtte physically and socially activ4
which can improv¢ long term heahh condiiiorfj. Tk team were challenged by k>ckdowt) mwltres and
spent a $]￿lfIcant part of the year ¢onductin8 welfare checks and providing ¢m(rtional sup]x)rt to patithiis
who were self-isolatin& and finding new Wdys fv cli¢nts ty retDain connth to the outsid¢ world to
reduce isolation during the pandemic.
Of our t(rtal itKorne. 15% wasraised &Kial Pr￿n￿ling savi¢e&
Voluntetr Conned
Tllls is a proj￿( fi￿ded by Chcrwell Distric4 C￿nciL in wknh we airn to devdop community
conntdantss and because volunteffing i5 benefi¢ioJ fty Communities and in bjrn. socidy. Th¢ s¢tvi¢¢
aims to eneourd8e local residerts to become volunteeE5. It incrc4s&scommunity u)gagemenL suprths the
d¢velopment of vibralrt Tr)n-profrt organisatÈ0t￿ in the I{￿1•r* and helps pa)ple use volunteering as a
paihway into paid In this project we {￿llabora* with voluDtary wtsatiOt￿ employ¢rs. and
individuals.
Of our total inctime. 3% was raised for our Voluntecr Con]*d artivities.
Volunteer Driver Servi
Cherwcll District Cou]Kilalsofun¢L8 ￿rMUchV&IUedVolurtC¢rDrjVwS￿V1Ce{vDS) in wbi¢h volunte
(friv¢rs transl￿ residents to medical appoiMment& non-urgeDt h(Kspttal appointmetrts, and social
engagements. This service brings multipl¢ benefits forthe heahl wdlbeI￿ and s(Kial it)clusion of ih05e
who have little or no access to publi¢ transwrt well as voluntctt drivtrs, most of whom are rdired
peq)le. Examples of non-urgent hospita] appoirt1￿ iKlude dialysts aryl radirrtherapy.
The ￿Ds 15 aL%o art ino)me-g¢nffating a¢*ivtty. F<￿ some p￿engtr J￿rneYS w¢ r￿eEve money froTll the
SOut￿¢￿traI Ambulance Servi¢L (SCAS) which US￿ our volurteer driver5 to transport patients who do
t)otTequIr¢sp￿IaIi5t ambulance services. ForDortrhosTrital jwnCys,p￿eTrgers pay a mileage fe¢ directly
to the drivff to cover the drivtr's c4)sts. but at a significant saving for them ovtt the C4)St of other f(Kms

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of transport. It is fairto say that many of our p&&%engtts have the financial means ty tske taxis aaMI
were it not f￿ th¢ VDS tlw W￿ld have difficulty gating to their d¢stinption at all.
This s¢rvice p]ay¢d a si8nificaDt role in ¢￿sUr￿ng that people in the ¢ommunity we serve had food at the
start of the lockdown while th¢ gov¢rnm¢nt fiK)d provision and supernarkds put prcttsses in plaee. We
pat1nued with SOFEA. a charty in Didc(rt that wovid¢s ￿UCatIo￿ employability and wellbeing
pro8rammes for wlnerable y￿ngsterS tlrou8h the delivery of a ¢ommunty larder. This tackles food
insecurity and the disadvantsg¢s it ¢aw¢s while having a Fositive impact on the environment by r¢ducin8
food waste. As the wmmunity larder had to close its ¢knr to the pub]i¢ ill the lockdowtL they boxed up
food and deliv¢red it to Ydfiws groups to disknbute io p￿p]e in ned We distrbi llt￿ 1.777 food parce]s
and simultaneously identified what thebarriers pwple hadto acce5singfood then wcyknjtoaddress thes¢
batTi¢rs.
Of our totsl in¢om¢ lo.￿ was raised for or generated by Volunteer Driver Service activities.
G*mblt Aw8r¢
We delivered the second year of the Gamble Awdre s¢ryi¢e fianded by Gamble Awdre (via National
Citizens Advice) to raise ihe profile of gamblin*re]ated harm (GRH) as a public health issue and to raise
awareness of support seNces and ethjcation availabl¢ for the benefit of clients. The proJ￿l 15 pr(Oucing
valuable iThsi8hts into good practice aThJ GRH id¢ntifi¢ation mdhrmls. amd to suppcrt individuals in
tackling the problem. The proje¢t follows th¢ Ad￿SOry knrd Safer Gambling Priortty AGtion 8
(Ethication to Prevent Gambling-Re18t¢d Harnij
Of our total inc(XDe. 4% raisd for the Gamble Aware project.
Our Advice Ddivery Channeb
We offff ￿radviCe through a wide arxi growing rdnge of ¢lMnnels including online self-hetp (fact sheets,
advice Pod￿￿ts, budgeting t(x)15, debt managernent knols and self-help guides). email advic< telephone,
face.tO•face discussion. outreach sessions. thopin community advi¢e hubs (such 85 librari£s, GP
surgeries. day eentre5 and f￿dba￿kS). a￿1 home visits. Much ofthis delivery was Impact￿ by lockdo
with fa¢¢to fac¢ servic¢5 being suspended and nearly all the supp)rt shifting to digitsl channels for a large
part of the yesr.
Advice Channels
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OUT Clients
We help Some of the most vulnerdble people in so¢idy: OV¢T this yw 5% of cw ¢lievts have a di$8bility
and 260/0 have a long-term hAtth ￿ndItion (LTHC). Thi5 is a reduction from previous years (in 2019120
had a disabiltty and 35QA a LTHC) but is due to tempcrdry SUPEM)rt measures put in place due to
the pand¢mi¢ which Provided respite from the¢hailenges that pwple with LTHCS ty disabilities regularly
experiell￿ particularly in relatk)n to accessing bet)efits mana8in8 debt due to loss of income. W¢
¢xp¢¢t this to raurn to the pre*andemic levels of nearty half of our ¢li¢nts being Pe￿1¢ wtth long t￿M
health Conditions c* disabilities ith future as siwp(rt measure5 aye ranovesl

C￿11￿￿$ ADVI￿ NORIII OXFORDSHJRE AND ￿u[H NORIIIAmM￿ll1RE
W¢ help all ages.. 6V• of ￿Jr clients w¢re 25 Ir undtt. 26 aryl 59. 8Dd 26Yo were 60 or ovw.
W¢provide wr a¢fvice servi¢es on a free. confideTLtial, and impartial b&sis and webe11￿¢ that wr ¢li¢Dts
apwrfiat¢ the wuk that we do. We would like to share a fcw of thc Comments we have receivcd..
"lam extremely ￿aIt￿l to Citizens Advi¢& Tlw hav¢ been the liglrt belp. They h¢lped me to fi8ht
for us and 8(k ju5ti¢e in th¢ eod. Without thcrn I would hav¢ ￿ J￿￿ice for sure and l am forever
ate￿] to the whole team. A prompt and prOf￿510nal servi¢e."
"We had anmzng he]p from them as a family. 7ly are caring and 8et straight to it withwt making us
fr¢1 we don't deserve it. So from me and my famity thank you for your 8maFillg work ilwough ihis hard
time. We are super thankfid."
"I had ¢xcell•t advice ovu the plb)rte atbl ￿4$ able to obtaiD advice 41¥)ut aTKrthff issu¢ ov¢¥ ¢nllil. An
inydluable 5ervic& My adviser was amazin& vuy compasSi(¥￿te and rewurhng. Havin8 the adv￿L￿ in
my ccrfau was exceptional. My life ¢hanwl so nwch foT the bater."
-my advis¢r brillian( being aNI vcy helpful to ￿%. We would have no h¢sitstion in
rwoTnTn¢nding seThicc to others. My a¥p￿ie￿¢t ¢hs time aroLmd was Co￿￿[Cle[Y Fv5itiv¢. Th¢
adviser was so good with rne that if l knew how I would nominate them for an awar& I want to say
thank you vtty much for ywr hard work aTKI your help."
Lwjay I was vtry down and not 51ccping duc to financial probl¢ms. feeltng realty tired of evtyhing
and disoriented. But whcn l ￿ened my emil today, I dithi* belicve IL I saw the sh(yping voucher
you had (wnized 8nd it looks like CKMI heard m& I couldn't e4)ntrol my crying anyrn￿e to see this help
at this momtht. Thank you so f(r he]ping me and aringat￿t pujple."
"Citizen5 Advice w85 I￿rediblY h¢ipfvl. The staff rnembu5 1 sptheto wtte efficienL compassionate
and VEY well informed They w¥¢ my first port of call in a wtential hcwsing ¢risis r¢]ated to domestic
abus¢ thring lo¢kdown. I was sim#ed to the COrr￿t Coun¢il ag¢rKy. domestic abuse services and
Ment￿ health support...An amazin8 %rvice I will ￿Ver forget the help."
"My athryser is a hero in my tyes. I was being bullied by an ex-wloyer wh) was ￿IngtO take me to
¢cwrt for money they said l owed. I believe if it w&s for bis help I W￿ld not have got the out¢ome I
di¢L I am ￿-forCts and r￿e1ve a Vdf PaLSi¢)n pfsD at¥1 he hetpd me so much. l am foTever
8r4teful and I b(ye he gets ￿ kt)ow this. Thank you all fix th)in8 an atDazin8iob."
-1 rea]ly think the Citizens Adyiceteam are thc vcry best. I'd put them up th¢*¢ with NHS staff. They
8r¢ simply suptt supportiv4 friendly and kiDd alld *•rnL I coulthjl rate them ¢nw8h P￿SOnallY. I,
extremely thankful for what they th, ¢sp#ially in this challell8e of a year."
Our People
In ￿tal. we hwv¢ 310 voluntetts which is a 26% 1￿caSe from ]¥st year. TFry are made up as follows:
GovtrDanc¢
8 TnLSte&
Advi¢¢ Service
25 Advisers
30 Ass¥sors
l Ho[￿rary Leg81 Advisor
6 SupeThisors

I Case Checktt
12 Rtteptionists
l R¢sear¢h & CamtAigt
8 Admin Assistants
l Trdinet Adviser
14 Community AdviceHub voluDtects
Connttt! ￿ll•l IDclusion Projed
6 Digital Coach volunteas
CommuDity Connect Soci*l PrtS£ribi￿ Serviet
7 volurrteers
Volunteer Driver Ser¥ic¢
187 Volunieer driv¢TS
7 Journey brOk￿S
Other Vol￿n￿er Roks
3 rnarketing and fi]ndraisin8 volunteas
We have 7 fitll-time staff and 21 p8rt-time statT
ACHIEVEMENTS A]¥D PERFORMANCE
Our w(￿k in 2020121 had value to socitty far in excess of our fimdin& It's impossible to Plrt a financial
Vdlue on cverythin8 we d￿ but whcre we can. we Imve. We've a TreasLfY-approV￿ model to do
this:
Our v&hLe to our comlnunity thi% yeer was
£2.681.922 savings to goveromeM alldpublic servic¢s1fiscai benefrts)
£19.613.736 in pub]i¢ value
£8,235,599 in ￿Ille to the peq¥le we he]p
£151,595 sairyn8S to our L(xal Authon"ty by weY¢ntiD8 rvictioL%
and menta] heahh services
£16.166 to Crimtnal JU￿1ce Systern by preventing h(Msing evict10￿. homelessness
& court action
£1.683.211 SAVJngS to DWP try keeping[￿Re in work
£436.171 to & NHS by ofGP Mentsl Hea]th ￿¥￿eS
Frorn (yjr robust Advice Service managerne￿t infOrn￿￿oI4 we've a150 scp&rat¢ty Co￿1d￿t￿ the
financial benefits to the pa)ple we help:
• £3 mdlion in iacome gain8
£431278 of ryyments r￿h￿l￿1 ￿bI]n8peqj1elo m&rdge on the]r i￿)me
£483.075 of debts wrItt￿ff whtte it Was impossible to find other solutior
ThÈs year 7.916 unique clients our T￿MM]S sffvices, wbich is 9% up fn)m last year.
In the Advice Service we supp)rted 7280 clierts lup 15%) to addrtss 16,171 i￿lleS {down 15•A) that
were <ausing them difficuliies. To help r*o]ve their problems we (arried out 15,644 activities. Whilst
the pand¢mi¢ ttsultoj a rethi¢ed range of issues, the issv¢s were of suth significanee or complexity
that th¢ number of interventions requI￿d to resolve them inueased by 30h from last year putting great
pressur¢ on staff and advi¢e s¢ryice volumeers wrting vuy ¢hallengiD8 cireuttLsla1￿. often from
home.
Helping people to ￿nd￿tand the so¢ial beTh¢fits system and making claims ss IM]r larg£st area of
enquiry, accounting for 33Vd of our thi8 year. The next biggest area of advice this year was
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crtlZENSADWCE NOR171 OXFORD911RE AND soinii f4oRTHAhlPTONSHtRE
lar8¢St area of enquiry to the 4th with 3Y. (down from IP/fy l&st year dueto the temporary Covtd19
support measur¢s put in place by the governtt*nt during knckdownl
We are happy to rewÈ that during the year we helped ¢lients athieve income gains of ovu £4.2 million
(up 20Yo from last year), debts writteTroff of £483.075. aThJ rVym￿ts rtscheduled of £431278. W¢
also helped ¢lients to access over £201,986 of Covid suppryt grants.
De5Pit¢ lo¢kdowtK8. Volurtccr Driw Sttvice tknugts)ut the yeardelivering almom 3,IMIO
individual pa5senguiourneys. and T￿re importantly. delivering 1.777 free fo¢)d parcels to p￿1¢
unabl¢ to access foLwJ at th¢ start of the first lockdown.
The ex¢¢llent work of the VO￿nte￿ Driver ServÉ¢e in responding to pandemic issues ￿¢lY￿ an award
from theHigh Sheriff of Oxfordshir¢ in rttognition of gr￿ and valuable service5 to the community.
The work of all the services we provide recetved praise in Chlywell Di%trict Council's Brighter FuLurt4
in Banbury Pwamme Annual Rq)(rt 2020121.
Teebwthlogy Initiatives
Using t￿hnOlOgY to faci]ithte x¢¢ss to sfrvKts is increasit)8ly imprrtant. For exampl4 we invested in
bespoke software f(r INJr Volunt¢tt Driver Servic& Add¢d to thi4 enhanc¢d use of xKial media rÈsuhed
an 85V• i￿rease in useof the ￿]¢¢. When coronavirus measurts had causul VDS p&ssemgtt smi¢es
to be put on hol(L we co11aix)rat￿ with the software dev¢liyw to adapt t￿ 50ft¥¥8re for volunteer-driyer
deliveries of food to meet th¢ new knial neo4 during after io¢kthbWn.
In 2020 w¢ r¢plaeed wr old ]andlin¢ t¢lqJhone system with a¢) Itrternet platfrm (VOIP) wlji¢h resuk
in a teleplM)necost4&ving of 30% This iDitiative also mad¢ it possible to ￿gage quickly it) remote
workin8.
The ¢omnavir￿ paThJernic Sharpet￿ our f￿15 on te¢hnoh)gy-driv¢n approaches to our advice deliv
services. For example. wtthin days of the announcement there would be a k)ckdowtL we adapted an
entirely office•based advsce service into 8 stture, home-b&%ed digitsl one so thai clients could aecess
crucial advt¢¢ and supEM)rt during lockikTrwn. Thi8 wds ]Ntssible due to ow ¢arlier, proactive thi8iOD to
rnove from a local, physical-s￿¥￿ platfim w a stture. cknJ&bas¢d platf(m &$ part of ￿￿ErnIs[￿g
our infrastructur& Having already put the clixL&based system ia place bef(￿¢ the pandemi¢ startrf we
wer¢ oble to switch ovw to i¢ with little disruption to seryice delivery.
Eflkienq IDitiatsve
During the year we implemented a numbw of rneasur¢s to improve the of ¢)ur wvi¢e. These
included those list￿ below.
Moved fully to Cloud wcrfkin& u¢iiising Goo8le Wc*kspa¢e whi¢h is free for ni)n-profits and
VOIP telq)hony, Increasing capacty, cffi¢ien¢y and staff and volunt¢ws.
enabling them to work and advise from home
VOLUNfEERS
Our volunteers ar¢ a divfrse group of indivxluaJ5 frorn the I￿1 community, with an age range from 16
(tak¢n ort through a studcrt placement s¢heme) ati the Tray up to c*ty eld¢st volunteer who is 84.
Volunteers stay with us for an avffage of 2 year5" l￿wev￿. we hav¢ many volunteers of long standin8
with our k)ng¢st 5¢rving volunt￿Tr having been with ovtt 16 years.
Our volunteers are p￿le wa]# to rnake a difftta)¢e in their l¢xal area. They share our values and
are tommitt¢d to providÈDg the advice p￿p]e n¢¢d f￿the problem5 they fa¢< Lwal CitizerLS Advice are
learning enviroDments and voluntttring in any rol¢ 8ives the petson thc cha￿e to develop skills. For all
roles, a volunteer necd5 to be opuFmind4 non-judgtment81. able to listeo learn. and w￿k as part of a
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Volunteffing provides skills and exp¢ri¢tte that are Valu￿ by many empk)yers aThl around 30Vo of
Volunt￿ who leave local CitizeDs Advice 80 on to paid ¢mployment. In fact. many of l¢xal Citizens
Advice pai&staff (managers, Lxse worker5. administralors} started out volunteers.
In (RW Advice Sesvice we havc fiv¢ c4x¢ types of volw*eeTS: Rwtionist& Ass¢ss¢)r4 AdvislKS.
SupErvisors at¥J Community Advi¢¢ C(Mch&s.
Receptioni%ts
Re¢¢ptionists aci as the first p)int of ¢ontsd for clieDts. Thq rnake clieTts feel wel¢om¢ and ensure they
are dvdltwith sensitively and inaeeordance with our pr(￿￿[C$. RwtMTrnists havegood ¢omtnuni¢ation
skills (being ableto iDterdCtwith pwile from adivuse rangeof backwunds and ￿lI￿re$l, organisational
Skills, IT skills, and an awarentss of ihe FKX¢rtial needs of vulnerable clients. Re¢￿bo￿lS￿ understand
the importance of confidertiality and WOTk col]atmuv¢]y wtth ih¢ir colleagues.
Tratning ftt this role is approximately 20 lthrs iKluding an onlin¢ &85essmert 8ndthe use of our ¢lient-
record database k￿*W￿ as C&selMX)
Assessors
Assessors carry out the fjrst explordtion of a Glient's ctrcumstanrns and give the client information from
our public website. This iniiial &5S45srneTht can ￿ done t2￿￿f&￿ ￿ OV￿ the phone and the Assess(
will thtn r￿Ord the d&ai]s of the assessment in CaseFrfM)k
Ass¢8s0rs rtt¢ive approxirn&ely 30 I￿rS of traioiDg in the skills needed to help clithts deal with th¢ir
problems and find the right information ID our extensive inforn4tion database. TW are supported and
superv15ed by Advi50r5 aryj Supwvis(n, aud ar¢ pr&sented with Op￿rtUntiles fcr personal d¢v¢lopm¢nl.
Such as risingto a mre scnior rol
Advisors
Our Advisors help provide ￿ effective and eificient advice suvice to members of the public. deliver
faee-t&fae< ovff the phone or via email. Tiy ￿se the 'AdvisEnd' section of the Natlonal Citizens
Advice website to &45ist clients ar￿ to help intluence govern￿l and othw orgaThi5atitins by tnforniing
them of th¢ effe¢t of polÈcies on the live5 of clients. As with Asstssors, Advisus recryd each $e5sion in
Casebook so that there is an accurate aca>unt of the advice pn)v*lol ID ea¢h ¢as
Advisors re¢￿ve approxÈmately 30 h(x]rs of fUrtI￿r training (nmny Advisors begin as As5esg)rs). with a
mixture of classr(K)m teachin& online learniti& and pwtic21 se5$iOTr8.
Supervisors
Supervisors are highly trained a￿j Cxperie￿￿J in all advic¢ m*tyS. Try have usually pro8re55ed to this
roie from that of Adviser after hawng complded specialist trdaning (an additional 20 h￿rS). Supervisors
ually manage & rtb)rnirtg or aftemwn advi¢e stssion 8ThJ are the central w>int of contact for all
Asses50rs. Advisers and Re¢￿tIOnIsts. are respons￿1 le for managing ¢li¢nt dropins, appointineThts,
and dealing with th¢ work queue. They supp(rt Colleagues then ¢iarifi(ation is needed and authorise
referral& ffy)d vouchtts, at¥J dher forn￿ of payment to cliert% in nee41
Di£h*l Advite Colehes
Thi8 is a new advi¢¢ s¢rvice volunteer role created to support pcopl¢ tkeeding advi¢eto self-hejp using the
national ad¥Ke websit< Ivhere self-be￿ is n¢X efftrtive they Lxn assist the client to acce$5 AthceLine
or arrange an appointment with an advisff. Digital Adwc¢ CDa¢hes wcfk in ihe Community Advice Hubs
b8seAJ in community vemies such ag th¢ F(rllm in Towce5ter. The airn is tt> be accessible in venues wh¢Te
pe(yle are already attending and to provide acc￿8 to online i]JfornAtion to preveni issues or to start the
client's advi¢e journey earlier rathff than wait for it to rexh a ¢ritiul stage befor¢ the cliellt accesses the
swvice. This should reduce the longer tenn detrIM￿l to the ¢lieTrt whikst a]$0 ¢￿(￿a81n8 Cli￿tS to be
independent in addr¢ssing issu¥. Digital Athice Coaches are ableto volunteer for shortty p¢riods of time
and requ5r¢ It55 train5ng whi¢h makes the off¢t mare attractive to volurtccrs looking for flexibility than
other roles offff.

During 1(Kkdtswn the Digital Advice Co&hes were unabl¢ to (yEate &$ the Community Advice Hub5
were cl(6ed g) th¢y adapt8J by suppxting the Advice staff and other vohubte¢rs with callin8 clients to
provide information tThl ascertaiti their advfftce nec4 and othtr athnin tasks.
Other Volunteer Roks
Our suviccs haye wwnover the ye•rs. and we bave a wide range of volunteffing roles othff than those
within our Core Advice S￿vic& For ¢x8mpl4 we have voluntetts helping us with IM]r Gamble Aware
and Community Connect projects. and a successful Volunt¢tt Driver Service which has 100 drivers. Here
are some comments from those driv￿5 regarding the reaso￿ their volunteuing..
"As a voluntetr, l Can ¢hw to th) as nBny or &s few joumeys a8 l knowin8 that cach one
is appre¢iatoJ by the p&%sengcr."
"I believe on¢ofth¢rnost imp(xt8ntthings YCMJ Can give is yourtim& It nothing but is worth
evttything."
'As a w)luntw I gÈve my tim& It￿nnOtb¢paId forryT¢tr￿￿. It is givenfreety. ￿￿0nditIOn￿]y.
and with pleasure."
"I f¢¢1 J am doing somethin8 w(YthwlJiie and ne￿Ie￿.
FUTIJRE PLANS
We bave six brorf strategic busin£55 g￿]$ in place the next thrtt Ye￿5.
To meel the evolvin8 ofour dients 8nd comrni$5ioners.
Our core cornp&en¢e is the provision of high quality. impattsl advice servi￿. We will
proactiv¢ly en888e with and continuously tailor our advice seThice5 to the evolving needs of our
clients. commissioners, andthe privatesthrowisatÉotss with whom we work We will identify
and address the needs of our IOLXI eornmuniti&% thmgh an eff4%tiv¢ Ra4e4rch and Campaigns
To ensure th¢ f￿￿la] stabilty of the Charity.
Our aim for the current ycaT 10 31 March 2022 is to raise at £766.000 thmugh grant4
fi]ndrnisin& and donations for the ongoing provision of (￿r s£rvi¢es. We seek ￿ mt￿tr from a
publi¢-an&grart funding model to one in which at le4stonc-third of our fiJtMlin8 is duived frorn
the private secior and the Communty.
To m¢el the nee& of a]1 clients by ￿￿ll￿ng eqU￿ty of a¢￿ tothe service.
Ow focus will remain on providing high44uaiity advi¢¢ s¢rvitts to individua]s and 8roup5 in the
community. w¢ delivering community prOJ￿ts. ¢hall¢ngiDg discriminatio￿ promoiing
equality, al￿ valuing divttsity. We will marka and raise the profde of tbe service to ensure that
w¢ rra¢h all t￿rtiL￿1#rty th￿t￿l are Th)t aware ofor do rtalise that they can use the
service.
To work ¢ollat#)ratively with Oth￿5.
We will extend the re￿h of our Sqvices by forgi￿ doser wcrfking partnwship5 WKth
neighbouring Tnefflbers of the Citizens Advic¢ n￿w￿. We will extend ￿]r rnnge by partn¥ing
with public and priydte 5ttl(￿ Ixxli&% to med ￿Ve] requ￿¢ments for advice services Iioth locally
and further afield.
To develop the puyle who delivtr the servic¢.
We will cotltinue to rely a ￿w[￿S voluntett WOTkf(rK with management and leadership
Provided by a limit¢d nUMb￿0f full- and part-timccmployees. We will use volwtt¢¢rs for awider
range of activities and provide approprntr training for these roi¢s.
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To us¢ our Infr￿truCtUre and res(YJTces eff￿tIVelY aThl effKi¢ntly.
Wewill deploy our r¢source5. &aff.IT. #c￿mm0dal10￿ andtransp(Nt ÈThfrastructs]resto maximise
service delivuy. and aim to achieve ye4r-on-year rethction5 in fixed casts.
We are impletnthiiDg a series of plans to achieve these broAIL stra￿E¢ goals. They in¢lude plans
regarding our physical premises. di8ital IntcftctioN diversity, non-traditiona] voluntefring, fuT¥JiTtg
diversification and Markd1￿ and increasin8 awareness of the Charity. For exampl¢, we have deeided
not to renew the It4se on (￿r main Banbury premises which will produce a cost sawn& Instea¢ w¢ ar¢
exploring the p(k8sibility of using premtses that are cu￿eNty empty. either in the publK or private sectOT.
for fre¢ or for a mu¢l￿re￿¢¢d reDL
Othtt ¢xampl¢s of plans we are implerneDtin8 to achieve our iti¢ludw.
To conduct an anTJual siakehold¢r survey to 8ain Ydluable feedback
• To d¢v¢l(v a relationship the Ch￿nber of Commtt¢e io rais¢ ¢¢xtmte awaren&ss of our
• To deliveT to IiThl ￿UpS ￿ a)gage doTh)rs or fvnthaisas
• To improve ￿￿e of ￿1￿1 media lo eogage young¥ Clierts
Communlty Advlce Hubs
Anoth¢r exciting example of the plans referred to above is CW initiative to establish Con]munity Advice
Hub5. A Hub thables residents, with the hdp of an oTrhand volurteff (8 ComThunity Advice Coach), to
use publi¢-ac¢ess ¢OTllPUttts to find solutions to their problems. The CLu¢h help the ¢lieN to find
¢n]5ted sourc&% of online infornwtK)n among the plthoraof misinf(rrnation on the Intern& This initiatkve
has multipl¢ b¢nefiL5'. tt rnakes s￿d use of existing Ic¢al reswr¢es to help p￿le find a Wdy forward" it
15 a community-base¢ faC&t￿fICe thopin sffvi¢q an(L where situations are ttK)re comple& the Coach
can refer the client seaml&551y to our specialist Advice SeThice for further &ssistance.
Clients are wel¢ome to dr￿iD at a they can be refared to us by our parts Organis￿]0￿$ such
as GP ￿]r￿￿]Cs, f(x)d bank% aThd Social Prescribing Link W￿¢Tr.
r inilia] plan was to set up face-tfrfav Hub5 in vario￿% cornrnunity l(K&tions gJJ¢h as libr￿les. food
banks, a]NJ community certr&s. Th￿8. iti 2020 we intrcduced our first Hub in the Towcester Forum
building and had to open two mtye in Bicester Library and in Brdckley. Covid-related
rwtri¢tions calls¢d us to change that plan an￿ iTrstta4 f(Kus on developing a digital version of the Hub.
However, we rejnain committaltoour planof establishingface-tt>-fa¢e Hubs in ¢ommuniiy Venues across
Chenv¢ll and south Northamptonshire and are currently Pu￿U[ng that objectiv
FINANCIAL REVIEW
We re¢¢ived £1.059.488 (2020.. £640,190) for the ytar in graDts. ffijnds. aThl dOnat￿nS. Of this £806,434
(2020.. £353,394) was r￿e1Ved for restriciedproje£ts. (h]rsurplus for the ycgrwa5 £199,400(2020: defiGIt
£66.894) and our total fuD(L% hdd at year end wtte £614.585.
Reseryes Policy
We have 5& asid¢ a designated r&8uYe fund of £147J25 wbi¢h compiises a £75,OtKI (2020.. nil) r¢S￿Ve
for bjture pe￿10￿ liabilities, aNI a £72525 (2020: £57,715) reserve to cover costs payable in the event of
staff redundancies.
To enable the Clwity to remain stsble u￿n the <￿Ir[CTrCe of an unftreseen everrt such a& for example.
a delay in the Ttrxtpt of eXp¢￿ed fund4 we have ¢stsblished & ￿lIcY that free reserves should be at la8t
equal 10 4 morths of fitture budgeted expeA%es. Curmily free r¢wv¢g ar¢ £455,883 and th¢ comparnble
expetk%&8 are £255.302. Free T￿VeS are ca]uJlated as ulre5trlct￿ reserves plus d¢siN￿l reserve8 less
unr&stricted fixed &￿.
Pr¢sent ¢conomi¢ ¢onditions may require the deployment of some of our re5erYcs. Therefor4 during the
y¢ar, we changed our free Teswv45 poliey from 6 10 4 Ttk)nths of fi￿re budgded expense
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Webeliev¢thatthe Charity is ¢una)tly fvnded ￿equat￿Yty a¢hiev¢ its Obj￿tt¥￿5. although werecognis¢
that the economic situ￿rOn is likely to put pr&%sure on fitnding frorn IIN21 #uthctittes. We ex￿(
theref￿e, to have to use resuve funds to mert any fuwre slKxtfa]l.
The FiDancial Impact of Measu￿& Against CoroD*virDs
In (¥Jr rq)ort for the y¢ar ended 31 Mar 2020, w¢ irKludd a discussion how th¢ virus r&srM)nse was
affectingour financial situation durin8the montlLq belween thcyear and th¢time of WTiting the rep)rL
We QLpre5sed yti¢uior concern about the cffed on (w Voh]ntecr Drtvcr Sttvi¢¢ giv¢n that it is. by
n¢¢e5sity, a facc-towfrdce activity, and wtre forttasting an ab[￿t 50% drq) sn income compared to our
budget. However. we are plta5ed to repM that our staff aTKJ volunieus mel th¢ ¢hallenge by introducing
personal proteL#ive c4uÉpm¢nt and di5th￿ing ttLe4sures that enabled the r&surnptiort of th¢ Service in
August 2020. Contrary to ow negative Mid￿￿ll predidh)n, the service excelle4 and by th¢ end of th
year we had g¢nerated aImC￿ Ni¢e the budget we had 5tt ￿ the beginning of the yw.
Further, w¢ were successful in apptyit)g for grants to hdp mitigtethe efferts of the corOn&vir￿S respx)ns
For example, we enwdged in a TW adivity c4lled the Entrgy Rethess S¢h¢m¢ in which we give advice
and support on energy use to ¢lieTlts. This project brought funding of £23.938 ard cortributed £4,000 to
our overhead ¢itsts for th¢ year. We also particiw•J in the CheThell Distrid C4)un¢il's ¢ovid-related
Winter SupportFunds which brwght funding of £175.(￿ and contributed £23,(N)O b) our tnternal costs.
We had some w¢lwme ca%t.savin8s bcouse of our wrt.at.homc policy. For exanwl< our travel and
parking exp¢n5ts wtye down by almost£30.(rt)O. Mond8ry Cost savinss are attractiv< butthey sometime5
bring wilh them a consequent no￿fiT￿n¢1&j COSL In the case of travel and ptirking expenses. lh¢ money
was saved b￿aUse wedidnot visitcliffits in their own bomes or in ￿MMUnity spaces an4 sought
to repla¢e such Yisits by digital or tcltplK)De m￿n$. However, ￿metIMeS 8 borne Visit¢ann￿ be repiaceAI
by digits] means and we IrM)k to resume the at-IKJme service as %M)n as rK>5sibl
MAJOR RISKS
To manage and mitigate fisK the trustees Iwe developed a Risk M8nagemEnt Strategy whtch is reviewed
and approved annualty. The Strategy an annual risk assessment and lh¢ maintenanee of a Risk
Regimer. which is revÈewed at each IM>2rd merti
The major ￿kS id¢trtifie4 andthe steps bein8 taken to manage theserisks ar¢ listed below.
Devolutiou
In April 2021, Nthlwptornshire County CtyJJKil and the distriL* at¥J 1j(K￿gb wun¢ils of
NorthaTnptonshire w￿¢ aFKTrlished aDd replac￿ wtth 2 unitary autlM)riti£s, West Northarnptonsh￿¢
Council andNortbNorthaMpt0￿hJr¢COu￿I1. WestNorthatnpionshireCoutKil includes theforrner South
Northampionshire Council from whorn we received significant fundin8 for our C(Ye Strwces. West
Ntythamptonshtre COU￿11 has COTrtinued the fvnding that w&s previously provided by South
Northamptonshire C￿nCiL Ik)wev¢r, the firture of this fitrbjing is uncertain. Further, there are severn]
options on the table for lo￿1 autlK>rity refonn in Oxfordshir& This brings wJc&tsinty to ihe Charity.
To mitigat¢ the risL webave establishuj fim links into ndwork% to ensure werw£iv¢ timely information,
and Gan Co￿TIbUte to consultatioDS, and we have direLX lines of o)mmunication with C<￿IrtY aThJ district
councillors and oific¢rs. We are ￿gagIng in scawio planning 5tssions with c4h¢r CitiZ¢n5 Advice
organisations &ffeGted by th¢ uncertairty.
We arealso working with aNa￿￿7 CTtizens AdviceChan8eCoThsultantloprewe the fourloul Citizens
Advice in NOrtlMmptonshÉ￿ io collaborate in respor6e to the unitary autknrity.
We are a]so a mcmbtrof theNat¥)nai citize￿ Advice Partnership andDevolution Wrting Group whose
purp(kse is to 8athcr attd share leaming from arus where devolution has o¢¢urra and prepare support
processes for local Citiztn5 Advice who may be affe¢t¢d by devolutK)n in the future.
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Core Contrx¢ts with Local Athrftiu •re up hr Rttomthissx)
Th¢ ¢ore contract with Cherwell DistrKt CourKil Th7s recommissiond tn N0v¢Mb￿ 2020.. however. the
amouttt of fundin8 Wds Cut by 15% aNI will have to be T￿mMiSsiOned again in October 2022. T
r￿en1 pattrership bdweth CDC and Oxf(rdshire C(XLnty Council may hav¢ an irnpact on the sttvice
commissioned es will the pr455ure on I(￿] budg&s.
The grant from the fornKr South Northants District c￿r￿lI ha5 one year by the ncw
UDitsry West Northants Council. Howev¢r. the rontinuatM)n of this 8raTrt in thc fu￿re is utt¢lear.
We have sufficient Sen1￿ rnanagetnent capacty to have regu]ar engagement meetings wtth th¢
eommissioner5. r￿p)nd to qu¢#ions to engage in high4Na]ity contract monitoring and
CompetIt￿n
There is increased Competition for fundÉng from ¢xhu charitie5 aTKI the prtvate sectrr. To mitigate this
risk, pathenhips with other or8anisations are in place as is a strategic business p]an which focu5es on
partnttship workin& andw¢¢mploy both stskd)old¢rMa￿trnenl and eompetE￿ranatySts to widustand
the position.
Local Authority S￿Dding Cuts
W¢ are expanding our service delivcry m(thl into new are&% eLsuring a good r¢katiowhip with
A￿tIll)IS and offi¢tts, and seekin8 new work strthms. Alongside our corc scrvicfs w¢ have develop¢d
new 5ervic£s that attr￿1 health fi]nding such &s (wjr social pres¢ribing activitie5 and volu]rtetr driv¢r
project for the ambulance W¢ ar¢ looking to expand this into prtsons and poliee sffvicts in the
future.
THE SERVICE IMPAcf OF MEASURFS AGAINST CORONAVtRUS
ThrOugh(￿t the year to 31 March 2021, our advKe Servi￿ Trnin￿ incredibly btssy over digita] and
tslephone channels with staff and volunteers working diligently frotn IK)me. However. at the lime of
writing thi5 report m(k%t ￿vernMe￿ resiri¢tions have been rtmvoj and we hav¢ begun to incre4se staff
and volunteer numbers working in the BaDbury aThJ Bicester physiui venues. Tbis 15 primarily to pn)vid¢
face-to-facc service for¢lients WI￿ canThX be helped thr￿gh (thtr ¢hanne]s.
Below, we explain how the Yesponse to ¢x)ronaviriis ttffected the contwrt and d¢liw of our
vices and outline of the steys we hav¢tsken in re5rrt>ns&
For most of the year our ratr￿face servic&8 at b(rtb BaDbury and BicestrE wcre c105uL Howev¢r, as
described in TeCht￿N)EY Initiativw. alM)v4 we quid(ly aThJ su¢¢¢ssfully transferred to a l¥)mtrbase
di8Ltal-anI￿clWhQnC advi¢e swvi¢¢ ¢ovuin8 m05t Clic￿s, needs this way.
Although our Link WoTkcrs were unable to engage pawle d￿￿tly. ujr Social P￿￿￿ThIng service
continued to provide em￿10￿al sw)port and waching ovtr the pbone to peq)le who were isolat4 lonely.
As mentioned earlitt. aller it vras bmuglrt to a sudden balL we resumed our Volunteu Drtv¢r Service in
August 2020 ￿SIng PPE and disIa￿lng measw¢& aTrl the service perfornjed vuy well for the rest of th¢
year. During th¢ lo¢kdowns we partty redeployed VDS resources to delivex frM)d parce15. a service th8t
Én 8reAi demand particularty thring the fitst kKkthbwn.
We had to Close our Community Advi¢¢ Hub in To￿￿$t￿. Howevtt. we re•established it &8 a Digital
Hub using online and teleplK)ny. The fxtrttrface Hub re[tiai￿ closaL but we iffl￿d to ra)pu it XJOD
[￿Ssible.
Our Volutlteer Connttt 5erYicc fEIi¢5 OTt the willingness of kxal people to becomc volurrteers for th¢
various volunt¢er organi%&ti(￿ in our area. Our ability to op¢rat¢ this Service has been impaired due to
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the ditTKulty in engagiD8 people to brxome volunteers con8equ¢ndy, we I￿king forother Moys
to us¢ thi5 resource rne4n1n￿llY.
During th¢ lockdgwn we have b¢wm¢ part of the Ellttgy Sth¢me which exists kn distri￿￿te
paymet)ts from energy eompanies who may hav¢ breathed rul&%. It is regulat￿ by Ofgem aDd
administered by the Enw Saving T￿￿￿L UDdtr this s¢h¢me we rtteive money from the Trust and use it
lo provide enttgy 8dvi¢¢ and some As&5. find￿la1 Supr￿ in the forni of encr&v Y￿]¢}￿.
The varK)us coronaviru5 Tneasures affexted not only the way in which w¢ deliver advice but alsts the way
in which we train ow volunteers. For exampl4 we ¢hanged our Ass￿Or tsaining-¢ourse from face40-
faee learning to remote learnin& In May 2020 we wel¢ome45 7 n¢w traintt5 who are adva￿]llg ussng the
new system. Please refer to the seLtiott on Volunteu& abov4 f￿ an explanation of the diff¥¢nt type5 of
volunteers.
RESEARCH AND CAMPAIGNS
Wh#t is it #nd why we do it
ReseaF¢h and Campaigns (R&C) 15 onc of the twin allns of w serviK It airn5 to improve the policies
and prdctiGts that afftct p¢q)les ILV&S.
A5 a s¢rvi¢e we have a huge arn{￿￿1 of I￿1ght and dats atout tk problems (M￿ ¢lients and their wi
communities fac¢. Through R&C we use thts insight to..
he]p ￿ r&ettrch issues fiw
develiy (Mlr prdctice to be able to help our clients in a dwjgingworld
influence deciston maktrs io ¢hang¢ policies and practice5
¢amwdign to 8d decision makus ￿ change p)licies and p￿tical.
The coronAviws paTMlemi¢ h& me4nÉ that we have had to l(KJk at new ways of engagÉng withour ¢lieDts.
To ensure that our clierts are being support¢d fairty, our Re5eardL and Campaign team hav¢ been
monitoring the effects of the pand¢mic OD our service and its abiltty to help ¢ll￿t$.
Recent
One recent succe55fjJl campaw was the Winter Covid Sufv Furtd initiative in which we distributed
around £200,(th in variws payments for ￿¢1, and white80￿. Thi5 was particularly welcomed by
some of 0￿r more vulnerdble ¢liarts. and we receiva ihanks from Y(￿ng families who were grdteful
have a helping hand J￿$t wllen they ncoled it We were also able to help oldtr pecyle who, du¢ ttF the
funiL did nirt have to wony abo￿ finding th¢ fll¢l payments to kew warnj in the winttt. a￿1 people who
had lost their jobs atml we¥e awaitingbeneftt payments. One such we a Y(￿ng tnan with his wife and
infant child WI￿ was working for a small f]rrn and being sponsor¢d by them to study at univcTSity. The
firmstruggled and had to makehim rtsJundanL which automatKAllyterrnin*edhis university swisorship.
His wife was also made reduDdaM following hu maternty leave after htr employer ceased to operate.
She had lost her job, he his job aThJ his urtivmity plac& Th¢y Wrnlld have Strll￿ed ts keep their heads
above wattt if Citizens Advice had been able to step in aDJ provid¢ much needed suptth in the form
of the WiDttr Covid Grant atsj fid vouch4¥s.
Other re¢ent ¢ampaign$ have involved..
makiEJg people awate of buy ntNpoy lther Schemes which are driving pwple into rnore debt
rnonitorsn8 how cli¢TtrS ¢an b¢* manag¢ their 5UPPty in light of price rises whi¢h, agai14
could put p￿1¢ further into poverty
lobbying the government against the renx)val of th¢ weekly £20 Univetsal Cr&aii boost
representstion on BBC Radio Oxford re8arding ￿a[￿S awareness
bringing to light the effects of the fi￿k>Ugh schem& It has utkICtht￿lly help¢d many peopl4 but
it has also beert a negative ¢xpuience for sorne.
Effects of the PaDdeJnie
In the last year, we have the effttts t)ationally aTrJ b￿llY on issues s￿h as employmenL
debt, and benefits all of which h&ve been &xa¢erbata by wJli¢ie5 tskcn to address the coronavirus
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pand¢rnic. The R&C team undertwk r¢%uth ty loc& at IKSW this affttled tbe problems faced by (w
¢li¢ntS.
Number of Top lswes January- March 2019, 20 & 21
8enetsSlLir
Top 189Jes Change JaryJary- Marth 2019r21 & 2020r21
Besides the top issues shown the pandernic has at) effe<* on ¢li¢nts' mental health. Anecdotsl
evidenc¢ regarding the mental-wellbeing eff￿ts of the tthmic is wtdesprtad and has di8¢ussryI
on many media Plarf(￿Tns. howevff. cwr R&C team wanted to I￿k particularly ai how ii affected the
vulnerable clienis wljo came to U5 for help. Thtse clients have all be¢n affectal by the pandemic with
wide ranging problems tIHt iDclud< benefit issues, h￿J$ing problellLS. ernploymetht issues w)d most
worryingly. incrtased debt. We wanted hard data ￿ IK>w the pandemic impacted on the ar￿ of
d¢)r¢ssiofy stress and anxtety. The re5uh5 5￿W that ￿e in every seven people who sought hdp from
Citizens Advice in the first four morths of thi4 year had expressd som¢ degree of mental ill-health.
Cli¢nts often displayed m￿t than one of the 5yrnptOn￿ Ixiw¢vw. thtse resuhs sX)int ovtnvhelmingly to
the pandemic afft¢ting our ¢li¢nt$ ne8atively.
• Str¢&8
72°h of the r￿pOndents wtre str￿sed on a thily basis. Only 30% of thc respondents had
ext>erienced similar stress before the paudemio 95V/o of T￿￿ndel#S feeling rnuch more
stressed sin¢e th¢ pandemic startell
Anxiety
Sitnilsrty. 72% of our rwndents were anxious on a daily basis, 6¢f/o of resrx>ndents reported
anxiety pre-pandemic. however, 94V• W(￿SenIng anxiay symptoms since the paThdemic
started
Dq)re￿lon
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7(P/o of responderts re￿)rtaJ dwrUsio￿ and while 50% had long standin8 depr&sSiO￿ 95%
reportd that their depr￿$10￿ had worsen￿1 significartly siKe the pandanic stsrted.
The questions we asked fwuscd on a rwmb¢r of aras of dtily life aThl th¢ ¢ffect on our clients.
SÈgnificantly. 850A of the ruwndents rel￿ a drttt1ora￿n in famity lif& And 9396 repxtd f¢¢ling
le55 happy than pr¢ patxlemic. Tk results Teveal not oThly the IMp(xts￿e0f athlressing the i55ues of debL
nefits etr. but the ovtywhelming need to address th¢ yndertyin8 i5SU& that thff￿l our ¢li¢nts' mental
health. This. we areworking with ¢xw Community Conn*t team io ett828e with sueh clients Y4nd build a
¢ontinuing supwTrrt ndwork that a&J￿$¢$ the problents highlighted by this pandernic.
COLLABORATOILS
We collaborate wilh a wide range of (wDasatioTL5. gr(￿p4 and forull￿ includin
National Citizo)s Advic4 the umbrella kndy for th¢ netwcrk of local CitiZell5 Advi¢
Citizens Advice OxfoThtshire (CAOX). a collaboration of Oxfordshire h)¢al citize￿ Advice
charitics.
CA N(KthamptotLShire. aeollalN)rat1￿ of th¢NOrttMM￿h1rt local Citizffls Advi¢¢ ¢haritiL%
Comm50rtia. a (vnsortium of 43 wluntsry. LX)rnmunity. and ¢nterpris45 Wtning togeth
to deliver wvico and eothraas fi* the pg)pl¢ of Northamptoitshire.
Oxfordshire volUntr￿ Centres, w￿king in ¢olJaFK>ratioD with Oxfordshire Conm)unity and
Voluntary Action IOCVA) and Witney volunte￿ Link Up
OxfordshÈre str￿er Communities Alliatte (OSCA), wh￿¢ purF¥)se 1$ h¢lp build and
maintain strong￿ communiti¢s aThJ a thrivÈng voluntary. comrnunity. aThJ faith S￿tOr to improve
the quality of life for I(￿1 pwle.
Brightff Futures irt Banbury, asteering gr￿p COTL%isting ofrepreserlatiV¢5 fromcherwell Distrid
Council
and k)caJ seryice provid¢rs who work to a¢Sfress the issues of deprivatK>n in Banbury.
Cherwell L(Kal Strategic Part￿hIp Board which bring5 togethff local publi¢, private and
voluntary or8anisat10t￿ to deliv￿ the objrftiv¢s detsited in the Chtrwell Sustainable Comjwnity
Strategy:'Our distr¢¢i our fi￿le.
South Fast s￿la1 Prtscribing Regi￿1 Ndwixk which brti￿ togethtt h￿th professionals,
resear¢her& a¢ad¢mi¢x, 5(Kial prescribing prath1t￿n￿ representstives frorn the community and
voluniary sectOT& commis5ioner5 #nd funder& paiients. and citizens. The objective is to share
knowledge aNI besi practic< to SUPFKYt wial preseribing at bcth Ic¢al and ￿¢10￿￿1 leve15, and
to inforn) go)d qualÈty re5eArch #EMI eValU￿10n.
Oxfordshire Sttial Pre5crhbiDg L￿d5 Foru[￿ a 8roup that brings tO8dhcr Social prtscribin8
delivery or8anisation5 to colwirdte and share g￿4 practK&
Adult S(Kial CareTTansfomati(m Gywp, a wY)rking group of Oxford Courty COU￿11 stsff aTKI 3
Voluntary, Cornmunity and Socia] Enterprise {VCSE) Organi￿110￿&. This wp seeks to better
undustsThl our eommuniti£s. def]ne bow we ¢an supp)rt them to be tDore rcsilient and to liv¢
independenily, and id¢ntify pri(xiti£s f(￿ change in related servitts.
Oxon VCSE Allia￿* - an allian¢¢ of VCSE or8anisatK)ns whose aim is to h¢lp to build
pragm*ic but ambitious strate8K VisioD for the VCS bally aThl how it can eontribute to
streLgth¢Thin8 our communitic5.
STRUCTiIRE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEiYr
Governing Document
Citizens Advice North Oxfordshire and Swth NortharnptotLshire is a rcgistcred charity and a company
limited by 8uarantee. incorporated ¢Jn 15 S¢pten*ty 1999 aDJ re8iSterd as a dwity on 7 Marth 2000.
The ¢ompany was 4stsblkshed under a MenK)randuTn of Asgxiation which estsblished tts objects omd
p)wers. and it is goyemed by its Articles of A&sociation. the event of the company betn8 wound up,
the maximum liability of each membu ts limit￿ to QDe ￿ull(L
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RecruitineDt and Appointn*ttl of Tntstees
The trusteL% of the Charity are atso directors of the cottLP#lly fv the pUT￿6e of cL)mpany law. The
maximum number of trustees is 15 and th¢ minimurn is 3. Trust￿ are either eledal at the AGM {to
maxiEnum of 10) or may be c¢xyted by the iK*rd (to a I￿]MUM of Ott￿third of th¢ to￿ numb¢x of
IDdu¢tlon of Trustses
Newly appointed tsustee5 8re rmvided with tt compr¢hfftsiv¢ induction to the Charity through the
provision of induction and 8pwopriate traÉtti
Org*Dlsa¢1on￿ Strwtur¢
The Charity is 8ovcrncd by its Truske Bcth, whi¢h is resrA)Thsible for sdting the strategic diredion of
the organi￿tIOn and tts ￿liCI&s. The trustees the ultimat¢ reS￿￿51blIty for the conthLCt of the
Charity and for eAsuring that tt 5atisfie5 its legal and contraclual obligation5. Trustes med at a minimum
quarterly atml d¢l¢g8te the day-tfr&y (yeration of the org8nisatiort to th¢ Chief Executive olf￿. A
register of manbets. inter¢sts 15 maintsin¢d regi51tted office aAd is available ￿ the public.
MAn*8emeDt Remullerxtlon
R¢muneration is reviewed a￿M￿llY by the Hurnan Resour￿ and Equdity sU￿0MmIttee and propwls
are putto the board for approydl.
The HR&E Subcomrnittec establish￿1 aiob evatuation ￿)licY alwj related pr(￿dUr¢S to place stsff
posts within a local pay st￿￿￿r< Roles are ¢v8luated against 8 fa￿orS tt> establish the appropriate pay
scale, wÈth supervisory and tllanagerial roles allooted by points to ￿ 5 - 8. Pay comparisons are
rnade on 8n ad hoc b&sis to monÈtor that local pay ￿¢S remaiD apwyriat¢ when WDpareA wkth the
publi¢ se¢tor aNI th¢ loul employment market.
The r￿c of pey for the Chief Ex￿1Ve Offiett is detumined by th¢ bc•rd following ￿Y LX)n¥arisons
from National Citizens Advic¢.
N*tional City￿ Advice
The Charity 1$ a member of Citizens Advi¢e, the operating Dame of the Nat￿￿31 Association of Citizens
Advic¢ Bureaux. which provides a framework for standards of advice aThJ casework management a5 w¢ll
as nK*niioring prwess against these standarth. Optyating tKJlicies are independently d&ermined by the
trustecs to fulfil the Charity's obj&ts and a)mply with nfrtional membership Tequirements.
I￿VeStme￿t Polity
As required in its Articles of ASK￿1￿ty)n paragraph 3.19. to protTh)te its cèj¢cts but any (ther
purpos4 the Charity has th¢ pow￿ to invtsl or deP￿lt fund4 in any law￿1 manner whi]st having regard
to the suttabilty of inve5tmtnts atKltbe need for divtrsific*ion.
Statement of Internal Control
The trustees Oy￿s￿ the infornwtion ￿￿rity of pr￿esSed p￿SOnal infornmtion of ¢li¢nts. 5t8ff. fjJT¥Jers,
atyj strategic partners. They IK)Id joint rtspTrnsibility for client data that is held in our case-management
system, with the National Citi2£ns Advice Servi¢e. An infornMtiOnvassllrarKe management team exists to
¢[￿Ure that the confidentiality, integrity, ard avai]abi]ity of pcrsonai and 5ensttivc data is m&intained to a
l¢v¢l ￿Mpliant with th¢requir¢ments of theGeDuai Data Protection Regulation and Data Pmtection A
2018.
Trustee5' Ruponsibilities ID relation to tbe fiDanci81 Statetnents
The trustees (who are a]50 the D]r￿lOrS f(￿ the purp)se of ￿MP￿Y l&w) are reSP)￿1b1¢ for preparing
the annual re￿rt and financial statements in aCC4)rd￿￿e with applicable law and the United Kingdom's
generally accqjted accounting practices.
Company jaw requtr¢s the trustets io prepart finotKtal statements that give a trlte and fair view of the
slate of affait3 of the Cl￿ty at end of the financial year and of its surplus ￿ defictt for the fmancial
year. In doing so the tru￿¢¢5 ar¢ requir¢d to sel&t suitsble aceourting policies and apply them
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consistently. to make stMLnd judgemts￿ and ¢s¢imates that 8re reasonabl¢ and prudenL and to stste
whether applicable a¢countiDg stanthnls and SORPS lthye be￿ followe4 subjeLt that any material
departures are disclosed and explain￿ in tht fina￿181 Statements. Tly are a]so r4uira4 to wepare the
financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappn)priate to presume that th¢ Charity will
continue in busintss. Th¢ trustCe5 believ¢ that the report and filla￿la1 ststanents have be￿ prepared in
line with these responsibilitles.
Th¢ truste&s confim thai tlry have c(wlied wilh the duty in s￿tion 17(5) of the Charities A(* 2011 to
hav¢ the regard to the guidan¢¢ on public b￿¢frt as published by the Cbarity Commission.
The financial ststemeTts comply with the Chariiies Act 2011, the Companies A¢t 2006 and Accourting
and Reporting by Cbarities.. Ststement of Rccommended PractKe applicable io ¢lwiti¢5 preparing their
a¢¢ounts in a¢eordance with th¢ FinarKial R￿£￿ting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ereland (FRS 102} leffe£tiv¢ l JaTh￿ry 2019).
Disclosure Of ltsformrttion to audltsrs
In so far as the Trustees are aware. there is ￿ relevant audit inform¢i(xx of which our auditors are
unaw*re of and that the Tn￿te¢S have all the nece55ary steps to havetsken as 8 Board of Trustefs
to be aware of any Rl¢vant audit informthn and to establi5hihat the auditOTS are aware of th&t
infrffrnatK)n.
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INDEPENDEKfAUDm)R'SREPORT
TO IHEMEMBERSOF
CTTtZENS ADVtCT NORIII OXFORtSHtRE AF4DSOUTH NORIIIAhlPTONSHIRE
Opinion
We have a￿lited the fmanthal #atemtnts ofCitiz￿$ &fvi(t North 0x￿￿￿]re arKI &MJth N(rfiamptonshtre (kne
charitoble <￿ipaThY,) for the pr en¢kd 31 MaT¢h 2021 whith ca)mFTi* Ststemeth of fin￿la[ aLtiviue& balar￿¢
sheeL Statonmt of flowsand llfAes to the fman¢iai Strtell￿t8 incI￿j]ng siwJifi(aJt The
financial fr￿lleW)rk h&% atp11￿ in theirlw￿*i￿ is4ylie4bie law and United Kingdom
Acc¢)uniing Stand8￿￿ ujellldirg FRS 102 lThe FlnthYialReprlwgStarnltwdawlKabk m the UKarnlRewbl
ofJreknthllUnit¢d Kin8d(xn CthuallyAccctttd Acc(wnting Pr**i¢%l
In ow Opini(￿ the finmciai #al•lWtr.
give o tn* fa￿ view of the Aatr of the th8ritstAe ccmpw's aff8in 18 at 31 Mardj 2021 aThl of its
rePA￿r(c$ 8od ar0￿(2tion of r¢s<KLrcts for tr )r4T then ended"
• ha￿been tT(wlywepued in&oxdaK¢with UnitedKingkni fme£auyA￿Ao￿mknJtltigPrXt1
B•*$ for OPiDiQD
We condwt¢d our audit in aÉx(rdw InttrnatiLwi Ststhtrdson knlititLglUKI OsAS{t￿lI al￿ app]itabie
law. 0￿respOnSIbl11t1CS thrtt 5th(knrd$￿e dtscrit¢d in theAllditor s ￿ponsibl/lties￿rlhÉ
ofiheftmaprial statemerf$ ￿till) of owrermrt We We TThJyndent olthe d)¥tubleo)mrAny in accLYdants wlth
the requirements that are telemt toixjr audit of the financial stknn￿ts irt the UL inetudingthe FRC'S
EthiLxi Standart and have fulfilled ourothtyethioirestXm571 )iliti¢s in &co)rthLr with th¢s¢ r4uiremeDi&
We b¢li¢v¢ the a￿littY1d¢1￿ havcottilljal isthlenianda￿r0￿Ttyl¢ ￿￿0vide a 14siskn o
opintm.
Conclu5iOL5 rtl*titig to going con<ern
In auditing the financiaj *attrne￿ wr ¢£mdutslthatthe tru#ees' w of the going (l)n￿rn b2si$ of
£outsiing in the pr¢paion of the financial ststemmts isaEgny￿.
Based on the wc4* ha￿ wr Imve identified any Tnatwial y[￿ert￿tIl1es rddting lo ev&Lts or
¢OndIti￿s￿￿[ individ￿Ly￿ colleltively. maytsst ￿En1￿￿td(YJ1*fflthe thariiit5abÉlityto¢ffitllJ￿ as a 80ing
¢otLc¢m for a of at kast 12 mfAJths from the financi￿ &ale[r￿S aut1￿￿￿ fi)r is5￿.
oUrre5prn￿bI1itie5 aThJth¢re4M￿5IbllI￿c$ofth¢trUIEeS￿thrcw%￿g(lQ8￿)nLWnWttk￿l￿ intherdevant
sectionsof thisT¢W
Other iDformxtklD
The other infor[[￿1￿ eompri5es the infonnalin Incl￿ ID the aMua] repLYL inclwjing th ttwees. rw¢ (rth
than the financL81 #at¢mcDtsand￿ a￿jitly'S rewrt therelm. The tru*¢5 we r¢sp)ttsible r(x th¢ oth
inforT[￿lOn ¢(K)#ined withitl the annual reixYL Ow Opini￿ ￿ the 6n*)ciai #&emei#5 drtsnot LX)verthe oth
inf0m￿tion a￿1. exLy4 to the exttjjt ￿hTh5t eWiutJy yated in ourrepL *r ¢b n¢X exr￿¢S5 atly fom) of
(Ajr resy(K5ibility i8 to read the oth￿ infim&iM in doing cmsides wthcllKr the oth<r in[￿ati￿ is
in¢￿Sis￿nt with th¢ financial statemcnts or (w knowiedgc Obtsi￿d tn the course of the a￿1]L or
oth¢rwise apt*ars to i% If we ithntify rna￿r￿1 in(x)nsistencics or [[￿er*81
mi55tstantht& Vdt arc rquired kn IkLern)ine w4JetlKr this giw ri* to a ￿t￿lai rnisyaiet))ts)t in the finan(3a]
*aiementsthemselv¢& 1£ the wwk have ￿re￿r￿u& that thete is amthiai EnIts¢￿er
of this rth¢r infwtn*i(AJ. wr are rwrcd to r¢px(thatfaLt
W¢ r￿￿thIngtO rep￿ in thisregar
22

Opinlms on (Aher ￿￿tter5 prucribed by the C(•p*xies Aet 21
Jn owopini(4L t*%dffj the urthrtth in the oyjrse rllhe aLbJit
ofcomtAny law, for the finarriai Irar for the fllthcial ￿ar¢d is o)nsi5tfflt with
the financiaj statem￿￿ aThl
th¢ directm, rep)rL incluthd the trustets. rwi h&8 tttn in a(tyxd*Ke with 8ppIic4bk
legal requiremcnt
Matters on rt4¥lre41 ts repwt by tttept
In the light of the knowbjge and ofthe canpTLy *Jd its ￿wiT￿￿t Obta￿1¢d in thecourse orth¢
have identif￿d material rnis4atrmcnts ￿ the dtrea￿s. inclu(kd within thc twsirts, reprL
We have ￿th￿l810 rcp)rt in rcsrKd of the 6)IlowiDg r¢I￿l￿ b) theC(Thp￿1cs Aa 2(KJ6 reqllYe
us io rewrl loyou if, w ¢x]r (pinim..
awate aLK￿l￿tillg r￿d$ha¥ell￿ kw teDJrns￿ kn Iwatslit noibecn
rttttved from EX8t￿h¢snot visited ty u5. (Y
the financial st8iemetLts are not in agrtttJ*)¢ *ith ts a¢cumtin8rccords atKI rctm (
ccrtain disc105UT¢S of tru<ets' lrmLffteYati￿ srrtcified bylaw aT¢
havt nirt T￿¢}￿d ail the eXplanati￿S Me rquire our a￿1¢
the trus*ts Mrrc not <￿titled to prrpac the financial Aatctwjts in aLxyxdw)It with the &n8]I c(Anp8nits
Responsibilitiu of
As ¢xpl¥iDedM￿e fuity in the tr￿*9. resIA)￿bill(leS #ateMe￿ xt 20. the tnLQttS {*knoare a150 the
directors of the d)￿lt￿b]e compuny f￿ the of comtAny law) aTe rwsibk for the lYepwrat￿ of the
ringnckBI ￿eM¢￿ts￿nd ts irin8 ￿ti$fi￿j that thcywv¢ atn￿ and fair vi¢w. a￿1 fi>T 5uth intemal u>ntrol as the
InL*es detrrnLir* is ntce&w to en*le th¢yy8tim of finan14￿ xatanC￿ that are fre¢ frim) m&¥iai
missÈiIun￿E to fra￿1 or err￿.
Itl prcrAring the fmancial thetruae¢S are re¥thsble for ￿SSingthe wmw)y'5 abilityto ¢{￿17￿11¢aS
a going disd￿￿[1& as aFpli(¥bl< Trthtttrs relakd kn going L¥XLL%rn ajd u5itkg the gois]g <ontthJ iwis of
a¢c(Kmti118 unless the trLL4ees either intrnd to liquidatr (xynpany iy trp te&%c (yxatiott& or hav¢ no realistic
aitemative tr%Jt to do w.
Ayditor's re4)wsibilities for tht Axdit of the fiN#u¢thls¢*trwn¢¢
Ourobjectiv¢s areto thin reagmabk asmic£ atwi wtththe financial Slatc￿￿ts 8s awhole we ￿ from
material mis*atemen( whether d￿t0 crr(Y, and to ityjekn athlitor's re[￿ that incluth5 IYJT opiniofL
Rea50nabl¢ is ahigh le%tl of aSSm￿ 15 nrt a gua[￿tr¢that #udtt ¢Onth￿£d inaecttdance
with ISAS (UK) will always deted a mtttial Mis￿attInent wlKn it
Mlssiatellw￿ xise from fra￿1 tt e£ru and ue a)Tr5i(kYgJ maaiai 1£ 1rwjividu￿Iy OT lrt the a8gre8ato they
L¥)uld rcaswably trK c<tttted to influence the ecTrJ(A))i¢ itrisions of tsken ￿ the trA%is of th¢* finan¢iai
SWe[n￿l&
Irregulariw ind￿11￿8 frall￿ are in&antts of t￿¢{￿11￿ with la￿ and regt1]￿l¢￿S. We design pr<Kthires in
line with ￿Jr r¢s￿)nsibilIticS outlined ab)vE JJJatrria] misqatrments in rcsTttt of iTr¢gulKitie& incluthng
fraud The exknttowhich our ryixysjures are Lwmbie of thwing ¥ffewJariD¢s nclu(bn8 fra￿{ 15 dethi1￿ FÈlow.'
Our 4yIMch to i(kntifyng as%ssng the Tisks of material mis#atement in rqjert of irregulaTitie& induding
fraud and non•¢omplian¢¢ with la￿ ￿regUlati￿& w&s follow5:
pabilitle5 aThJ ski115to i¢kntify or rwIsert(X)-c¥Hnplian￿ with awlicable law5 andr¢gulati￿&
i￿￿tif*d the ￿wS andrcgulation5aEpli¢abie ￿ th¢ thaTity di￿￿￿￿onS with tr￿8[￿ and
frLVTh knowlcdgc and cxperi¢n(*
23

C￿[zENSADv1C& NOR17t OXFORDSHIREANDSOlllU NORTHAhlPTONSHIRE
on S￿¢￿fiC lawsaDd which tnay ha￿ adirectmat¢Ttai effett thc
Onan¢iai $￿t￿)￿ts0T th¢ opxatiujs of the dwtty. i0¢I￿ltngthe Cixnpanias A¢t 21M)6, (Iwities A
2011. dara rrotatiurK ¥ntiknl￿ry, ￿l0￿¢￿t ￿dhealth and 5afrty iegisl3tityJ,"
ass¢s*d the extent of compliw with the law5 and rrgul81ims ithnti.ficd through making
¢nquiries 0fM￿ag￿t￿L
i(kntified 5&w$ 3Dd regulati(￿ wn]nurti(ated wthin thc authtt¢¥Mregu]￿Iy ￿dthe team
T¢mallJed akrt to in￿￿5 of [Lon￿p1]￿lce thr￿8￿￿￿1t tr£ a￿1¢
We &%5esxd the ￿¢pl1￿mI￿ ofth¢ fv18Dti8] ststCmaLtsto njatrriai misAatemaJ( ind￿118 Ottsining an
underswjdingof h)w fraud (tcur. ty..
malung cnquiries of maJag¢TfLCntas theyw￿L¢￿thI tlve w&$ WiE41ity to frowi their
knowledge of suEpeaed ar¥Jalkga frdud.
¢l￿51dermgtht internal LThtro]s in pl*¢ ￿Mill￿ ri*sof with laws a￿1
aThJ
To addre&8 the ri5kof frawl thr￿ghma￿a%rme￿t blas￿d0¥￿T1de0f umtrol4 ￿r.
t*rforniedana1￿I￿I wcthlures ￿ identify*Jy or ￿&￿t￿¢t¢d reJat•)rthi
ttst¢d journal entries to idajtify WluS￿ tr￿sat￿l￿￿'
indic&tiv¢ of w)tential bi
investi8atedtk rnt1(￿le t¢hrLd Si￿tty tr￿￿tiO[￿ ald
IThre5FQllSt￿ theriskrfirregJlwiticsandTKtrcryllpJianccwith lawsalldryllaik)r￿ (ks1￿￿￿￿￿ts¥eS %thith
iti¢lude￿ FAll were limitedttr.
a￿ing f￿anCial *attmentdi5d(wrts th w)derl)ing surpxtiug Ll)auwtsti
reading the minutes of mteiings of thrfje chargd wtth govcrnantt"
cnquiring of tnanage￿tht &stoxthJ •MI litigatiffi and doiD
are fTom financial tr8￿ctionS the less lthly it 15 w0￿d Ixcomc aware of tLLm-conJpliart¢e. Auditing
st￿dardS a19) limit th¢ audit 1x￿dUr¢S fquird to ilkntify Don-ajmplrdT￿ with laws and regulations to tnquiry
of the trELstres and othw Tt&na8enRnt and th¢ inspu#ioD of regUlat￿aTh] kgal C￿dence. if ￿y.
MatffI￿ Tniss¢atanents that arise th to t£ F￿rth[ to ar1￿ clror ks they may
irtvolve deli￿rate t￿rtaI￿lI lytol1￿1lo
A fiwthu Lknyioioll of ￿￿TI)n￿b]lIties 1$ avai]aFAc on thc Fin*)¢ial R¢wMllll8 C(¥JncJ's NrE6ite at..
This de￿]￿1￿ S)rn)s part of ouraudiknr'$reprL
Use ofour rtport
This t¢pTrrt ism¥Je ￿klY to the chatitsbke(fflw'5 mcmErr> asa1￿￿￿. in wth 3 ofP8rt 16
of the Cotnrmnies AGI 20C6. Our 2uditWOTk ha5 iY¢n u[￿n￿n so thatwe tnightstate to the chèritsbk
the fullest exttntwmitted by law. we do rnta¢¢¢pi or &8SUDR re5rrf)Tr5ibility to anyone 0￿r than the charitable
cOmpanya￿] the charitabk ¢onyy's mtmFasa5 a trfjdy. knour athlti f0rthlsre￿rL (r forthe opinions
we havt fomled.
Katherine Wilkes (Seni(Ystht￿Audl1fjT)
For and on ithajfof Critrhleys Audit LLP. SwA(ry Auditor
BeAver House,
23-38 Hythe BridgE S¢r•t
OIford. OXI 2EP
24 January 2022

CTfizENSADVICÉ NORTh OXFORDSIIREANDsoimi NORT11AMPToP￿1RE
STA7EMENf OF FtNAThLACIIVITIFS
FOR 171EYEAR E>4DED31 MARCH 2•21
Uvestritk l)uipitrd Restricted C*pitsl
ed FTwds
Gr4its
Totsl 2021 Totsl
INCOME AND ENDOWMENrs
tk>rolioAS & ie84<4es
]K¢me from inveSt￿&￿ts
io.th)
iO.fXKJ
2(581
Its38
1.638
1.036
Tr*al lllc(fflt aid
1 059418
EXPENDITURI
charitab￿ a(*ivitiB5
Totsl Resour¢u ExptLdtd
710
105
Nei tymw¢tyi in f•*ds
Re¢￿tIll￿10￿ orriAds
FllndBth￿ &%at l Aw1] 2020
41
Bajarttb uat31 Marrh 2021

21)21
2020
Tanglble asset¥
10, 711
22.521
Debtors
athounts falling thJÈ
within one year
Cash at bank atLd in band
io
4?,960
32,520
627 286
442 563
675,246
475.083
Arnounts falling ¢Jue ¥lthln One
year
li
603 874
392 664
614 585
415 185
Restricted furLd¥
Deslgnated ftsnd8
Unxe8tricted funds
13
14
15
147, 991
147. 525
319 069
22.897
57,715
334 573
614 585
415 185
The Trustee¥ acknowledqe tbèlr re8ponslbility for CCI￿lYIng with the requirellEnts of the
Cou￿anie2 Act rejpect to accountlng record8 and for the preparation of the accounej.
The accounts were approved and authorl¥ed for l¥sue by the Board of Tru3tees on
and Bigned on its behalf by:
Alan Bu
Chair
D•t•:
26

crr]ZENS ADVICENORTh OXFORDglIREAf4D soirrHNoRIHAMPIDNSHIN
H FIX)W STATEMENT
FOR TAEY¥ARENDED31 MARat 2•21
2•21
C¥h pr•vlded byiyntiy *diTr*it
199.4
11.810
{11.047)
{15.440)
166.8931
11171
IDe(xasel l thtt¢88¢ w ts¥d¢ utditys
Ibw¢•s¢l in trth thbto
51.8(WJ
12,70
184 723
l#¢w¥tl Idrcrt#*l ij *#d ewl¥*k•ts l• thE )rar
184,723
M2J63
627286
15fi291
4￿192
441563
aid equ1￿1¢￿ts￿thc eid of theyt*r
27

CITIZENS ADVICE f4ORIH OXFDRDSIIIRE AND SOiTtH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
FOR IIIKYTAR ET4DED31 MARai 2•21
AccoiTrfnNG POUCIFS
ThcsE Enan¢•l st*ÈthY*nts have Ix¢n Jxwl in ￿lda￿tt *IthA¢cthmiiD8 Rewtll>8 ty CFAri(irs." Ststtmt￿t
s¢*Id￿ appbcaFAe ID th¢ UK arxi ￿p￿t￿le of ]rti￿A (FK8 1021 Idktiv¢ l JJnwy 20191- {Cknitie5 so￿ IFRS
I02IA I1* firthwiai reprrtll￿Sta￿daPPl￿{bI¢ M th¢UKandRepJlAicof ItElaDd{RiS IOZ}*nd Act
AJI n¥)r*tsrydorAtithS and8iftsw¢ iDdthkd ID ￿11 in th 5f*maLtof fiTrarKI￿ ￿1vIti* *h¢o r¢ctivabl¢ [￿￿￿Ed
tFtatthete2Teno tE5trith￿5 tt*th)Nx *stythctMDiTr8ofthe Klaioj e4rndith, iTrwhi¢h ¢as¢r¢4¥8ftition
l5 thre￿<0 UDtiI IhE roTrJitityJshaw¢ i*tsJ
Gifts-iJbkirda￿a¢C(￿Dt¢a frKatthtdreLt1rf5'£%1iThleofth¢Tr7l￿￿th¢chrithbkQxnP￿￿￿kV￿YQI$tsI￿w?."
fts of fixEd25sas hrcbrnble orfi1￿ hta(ywriM8fs¥¢d*Ms fw ¢bTitrble llseate acryJuDttyJ for
(&1ttstii¢￿df￿lts1 ￿)￿￿￿[kile]Y OD
IntsngiTrl< irKLrnE is TAJrfd ID irwnc to th cxtcllt that it g(*Jd$ OT se¥YK¢5 Mtich
otherw￿¢ bepwiaw& kn ¢4￿￿41et￿IMD￿l i% ckdr8ed ￿CK￿rI￿lIU1E. Vduthry hrlp 1$ itsellldau iThLY)mc.
h ¢dlttt*l 10 wbich the dwllabk CODVally 15 l¢pity ba5 w b¢u receiv￿ at tFc IraT Md is
iDeJuded as
att received.
conwlityj ￿ley￿theY t¢l*e ro aspxified thwhid w¢th¢yar¢(kf¥Ytd.
br the pUrd￿erffixc￿j&wtS*¢ trtyJitrdtyreAri¢¢d in￿nIngre￿￿5W￿tll t￿ti￿1b1¢. Iwifitiono
tl RtJ•urtcJ ExpeDthI
ExpmditW¢ 15 rtoylised ￿ aD a5 &IMbility is
CFArithbJeewxh"twe ￿1￿￿tI￿ver(%tsir￿j1rtolyth¢￿￿rity ID thethliwof ityxtiviti¢5 and S￿¥1￿ hr its
bertfi¢#ries. It iticlth Tr*the¢￿I￿atrarlP￿ ailttakd dy*lD of*r¢ n
ne(%ssary 10 sUp￿rt￿￿ErL
28

crrtZENSADVICE NORIII OXFoRIA￿llRIAND soimi NORT11AMPTOKSHIRE
d) T*#8it4tFixed *•d Dewttl•thi
st less &llllalrd [Esvj￿ val￿¢ of t4¢th as*t <w¢r tseXF*Ctd lifr as fo]low
t￿￿￿0[d prow
ver the 1¢￿e ￿l￿(lOye￿5}
Fixtm fin￿R59nde4￿￿nX
3 ie4rs S￿iSh￿l1
$la¢¢Jw¥iof fi)wnuaJ activtiicsrn* ￿15{￿￿rthe Ic&fe
Tbe per￿l(￿n C¢￿ts thB thB pwbl¢ to tr* ill rtSF•X of th¢
Re51ri£tedfiLnth aretobeuKdf4wspiWpwprrfe5l￿d1￿w￿byth¢kn￿or.EXFr￿Itr￿rthl￿p￿WMSi5Ltharg
th¢ W th8eik w¢th * ofortth*J$8Th1 StsPF#Y¢¢tsW* tr¢th*e¢s' diwt¢Wffj.
cap￿ GYa)ts r¢l•ttio tr* New Pt¢mi848 Try 2TeaD extr￿0￿ of witt¢d ¢>￿ tDOVtmenrtrAt
goe5 through is thEdeW￿l#lffj of the OD the sheet
c**i¢th*softhtth*i*E4¢ ¢£*wy.
Lk*1￿￿tell are ￿￿ti]ded foDJsThthith FAYe ￿ desig*ed firS￿£IfiCrA￿rrf￿s bY￿etr￿cL
2•21
2•20
Dwtiws 01￿￿fiS
2•2•
IDtcrestrt¢ei￿b1¢
29

NOTFSTO IIIE FINANaALSTATKMENFS ICONfiNUED)
Z021
GrxNts rr¢¢iv•blt fOr<knrits￿ •tthlti
Ch¢nYdi rxwiLaCou￿I
251.416
252M9
Olher
Rtjtricttd FiThJJ
B¢llefits ul Pta
30.1XX)
Br￿1¢YTo￿Tl cou￿7
CA BEts
1.712
41500
3A5M
17.581
45.1XYJ
130.IKKJ
3556
CA Fklpth aaim
CAMaPS
29,155
CI￿ H•rd5tll"p Fu￿1
Cr￿ Wi￿r Suppml
Censlls sUp￿rt
Cl*ni's L¢8ai Costs Fw
CL￿[*(*4 Iyoieo
4JOI
23.938
GambieAwDrc
43.515
15.(KK)
31398
17.IXX
127.092
61.998
97.093
43.500
Natiwal LAthry c￿￿lty Fu￿1
PCN Link Wotker
31331
Plltr*lK Health (hfordshTre
17.1
91.W28
Sttial PrcscriFAnsS¢rvi¢¢
Swib North￿￿scouN1
61,898
vrls CFawdl
VIXS (hrt of Cty
31118
VLqwitrtTCths)x4
lrt*1 Ernits rtteivbl¢
li i5 imp)rtaDt tonots th#th¢HarthbiPF￿dtrAw￿￿r SwxiGThDtstdall#w£175.fAllwrrcTEC¢tvtyJ friw tsLX)uncfl
30

NOTfSTO THE F114ANCIALSTATEMENtSlCOPUlNUEDI
Trtal Ruollrta E4￿nded
2•21
2•ZO
CharitslAt AcdTAtltJ Advke
Staffcost5
526J36
487.311
Establish￿rn cf&s
1102W2
55259
Other cc6ts
I￿.671
Ikprttlllion
41
Audii fre
dep¢r￿¢￿t¢￿a￿in8¢Yjn fe¢
Unr¢5tric*d
163 J45
341,943
R¢strÈthd furo
686,033
354.430
Capit8]
21
Audii fee
D¢pre¢wtson
J2,171
Op¢r•tDig i¢￿T￿tri5.
3231
3.231
Dirt¢to
The tot•i dire¢kns' iDc1￿1￿8￿si(I￿Pw￿1C thrthe Jt4rMs £rtil(￿20..£￿¢1l
Tr rAunlxrofdittocKs t¢￿￿$￿t￿A7UirSU￿ts￿￿m￿1￿¢￿FI0j￿rdefi￿cdbc1Kfir[￿tsi￿￿be￿X
jnrespfAOfq￿1rfytra servitts was nil(2WJJ.' Ditl
Ckn {202Q.. (kneldirertcr teArtvdTeitnIMu￿d cxprues fixts￿lE1D8Cr￿S dw1D8tLY￿r. Trwai w49£5 0020.. £Sk
31

crrizENsADVICE NORIIIOXTrDRtASHIREAiwsoifTH P4ORTHAMPIDNSHIR
NOTEST0111£ FtNANCIALSTATEMENTSICYINTINlyEDI
X21
Providing &dviLY tom•)**ts ofth puiqi¢
Adminisir41ion
16
l2
Totsl
17
EmployweBt Cwts
Wz8ts
ial S￿lty¢(&S
Othupcn5iorJ tC61S
486.651
438.987
31 J56
21265
The evrye rtwnbth-of employees i$ba8¢doD the fill ti￿*4￿￿1•￿t
T*nglhltFIAed A￿ts
Flxtsros &
Fitti1*$
TotAI
l April 2020
122fj94
15¢.741
277.435
At31 MatL* 2021
l54.74l
277,435
D¢prttiatioi:
l April 2020
ChaT8e knth¢it
I012rJ
IS3￿1]
254.914
10.710
i.ID)
Ai31 ma￿11 2W21
111983
154.741
266,724
Ntt BookAmou•t
l April 2tY20
21.421
i.iTr)
21521
31 2021
10.711
32

cmzENS ADVICE NORTh OXTrDRD5HIRE AND soimi NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
NOITSTO IIIE TrINANCtALSTATEMENTS{LY>fffJNUEDI
10 Dtbttts
2120
f*Hlry )Tar
Trath ¢ki*o
18.459
15.481
Suodry debto
41
295
2021
21
17.302
19283
T￿¢$ ands(KiDI
10.305
3,106
2.752
A¢¢mal$ aJklthf¢ntd io¢om¢
39.409
50,475
Othucreditots
12 Pei4oA Cogts
A multi<sn￿O)Erdcfined beDefftscbernewas in ryer4tion th￿￿Bthe}wr. HairyTrBtgken adiitt frornthe sche￿£￿Ct￿.
Cititrns Advice (hfordshirp a￿j South NQrtharnp(￿ShIrB its 5h4tE of rhe 4Tr]
Imbibties OD a ¢(￿$￿t￿l a￿1 reas¢￿¢ Th¢ ¢*￿*d eca of wovvjitsg is pththJ1￿llY by a
p[ofe55￿llaIIy qualifrd actu￿. The c¢)sts of ptOVLdiDg rtthtDttt benefits unployees ate to
swe[￿10f fitAnciai activitits in thBIT4T Ukwhith tr£yare iDVJ]ui.
The itharity also opx¢sa sctrwwih S>Thh With>ws Th¢gxts of tffovidiDE l¢tir¢nvLI
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