HERTSMERE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-15 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-01
Watchouts
Cash
£870K
+11.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£683K
+15.4% vs 2024
Employees
19
-13.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£91K
+33.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £759,747 | £755,491 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £68,528 | £91,197 | |
| Net profit | — | £68,528 | £91,197 | |
| Cash | — | £783,438 | £870,273 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £592,278 | £683,475 | |
| Net assets | — | £592,278 | £683,475 | |
| Equity | — | £592,278 | £683,475 | |
| Average employees | — | 22 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | £467,025 | £450,205 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
-0.6%
£759,747 £755,491
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Cash
+11.1%
£783,438 £870,273
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Net assets
+15.4%
£592,278 £683,475
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Employees
-13.6%
22 19
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Profit before tax
+33.1%
£68,528 £91,197
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Wages
-3.6%
£467,025 £450,205
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | 9.0% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 24.8% | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.03x | 4.60x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HERTSMERE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 2015-06-25 → present
- THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE IN HERTSMERE 2000-08-04 → 2015-06-25
- ELSTREE AND BOREHAMWOOD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 1997-09-23 → 2000-08-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Parker Cavendish
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The effects of the Cost-of-Living crisis continued to affect the lives of the people coming to see us through 2024-25. The number of people asking for our help remained high with an increase in the number of homeowners seeking advice.”
- “In 2011 HCAB joined with the 9 other offices in the Hertfordshire area to form Hertfordshire Citizens Advice Service (HCAS). This is a consortium that sought to encourage collaborative working between offices on a county wide basis. HCAB has equal representation on this consortium along with the other 9 Hertfordshire CA offices. By 2023, it became apparent that HCAS was no longer viable and its Board took thedecision, in consultation with the Chairs and CEOs of the 10 members, that the company should be struck off. This process was completed on 25/01/2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
12 active · 58 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSBOURNE, Lewis | Secretary | 2012-07-04 | — | British |
| BINNS, Richard Bartholemew, Mr. | Director | 2023-10-17 | Dec 1959 | British |
| CURZON, Malcolm Samuel | Director | 2015-02-07 | Jun 1945 | British |
| DOSHI, Deepa | Director | 2018-01-23 | Aug 1982 | British |
| GAFFIN, Jacqueline Kate | Director | 2026-01-22 | Aug 1979 | British |
| GHAFFARI, Alireza | Director | 2023-01-25 | Sep 1953 | British |
| LOCKWOOD, Henry Nathan | Director | 2025-11-04 | Jun 1982 | British |
| MISTRY, Binoy | Director | 2024-07-10 | Nov 1978 | British |
| MYERSON, Janice Alison | Director | 2021-01-28 | Dec 1950 | British |
| STRONG, Asha Manjeet | Director | 2023-04-04 | Nov 1984 | British |
| TOMLINSON, Peter Frederick Lloyd | Director | 2021-01-28 | Jun 1989 | British |
| WARNE, Helen Diane, Mrs. | Director | 2017-01-26 | Nov 1955 | British |
Show 58 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSBOURNE, Lewis | Secretary | 2004-05-01 | 2008-10-07 |
| PEARLMAN, Susan | Secretary | 1997-09-23 | 2004-04-30 |
| SULEIMAN OBA, Eniola | Secretary | 2008-10-07 | 2012-07-04 |
| BATCHELOR, Jennifer Andrea | Director | 2006-10-19 | 2007-02-05 |
| BATES, Roger Stanley | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2003-08-30 |
| BEACHLEY, Ian Keith | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2005-10-20 |
| BESWICK, Graham John | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2006-08-20 |
| BOAL, John Colin | Director | 2022-10-20 | 2023-06-19 |
| BOOTLE, Donald Clyde, Eur Ing | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2006-10-19 |
| BRILLIANT, Barbara | Director | 2001-05-24 | 2004-11-21 |
| CORRADINE, Dionne | Director | 2014-10-07 | 2017-10-11 |
| CORRADINE, Dionne | Director | 2008-10-07 | 2012-02-27 |
| DABO, Bakary Bunja | Director | 2016-01-26 | 2019-01-08 |
| DAVEY, Arnold | Director | 2006-05-10 | 2015-10-07 |
| DAVIS, Michele Ann | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| EDWARDS, Victoria Ruth | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2010-04-20 |
| EDWARDS, Virginia Ruth | Director | 2010-03-10 | 2016-10-07 |
| ELKELES, Arran | Director | 2012-10-09 | 2025-10-09 |
| FOBEL, Victoria | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2021-08-12 |
| FOBEL, Victoria | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2021-10-06 |
| FRANKLIN, Graeme Bruce | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| GOLD, Ian David, Dr | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2001-10-18 |
| GREATREX, John Russell | Director | 2015-02-07 | 2021-02-21 |
| HANDSCOMBE, Derek | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2010-10-07 |
| HARRIS, Frankie Michael | Director | 2016-07-12 | 2020-03-08 |
| HARRIS, Margaret Eve, Professor | Director | 2000-05-17 | 2008-10-07 |
| HARRIS, Margaret Eve, Professor | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Ann Muriel | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2004-06-17 |
| HATFIELD, Isobel Jean | Director | 2007-07-10 | 2012-01-10 |
| HOLROYD-DOVETON, Edgar | Director | 1999-07-13 | 2000-03-31 |
| JACKSON, Marilyn Rochelle | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| JACOBY, Ernest | Director | 2004-07-05 | 2007-10-17 |
| JONES, Mark Christian | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2006-10-19 |
| KEELEY, John Philip | Director | 2006-11-28 | 2014-10-07 |
| KIMMONS, Christine Joy | Director | 2016-01-26 | 2016-07-18 |
| KNIGHT, Derek John | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2002-05-30 |
| LEWIS, Deirdre Sandra | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| MCKENNA, Dominic, Father | Director | 2012-03-12 | 2013-06-10 |
| METCALF, John Timothy | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| MORTIMER, Richard | Director | 2024-04-04 | 2025-06-05 |
| MOSS, Alan Malcolm | Director | 2020-11-05 | 2025-09-17 |
| MULLINS, Heather Grace | Director | 2010-01-19 | 2014-07-02 |
| NEWMAN, David Alan | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2002-11-07 |
| NOLAN, John, Councillor | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| NORTH, Peter Anthony, Mr. | Director | 2020-07-23 | 2022-07-06 |
| OSBOURNE, Lewis | Director | 2002-11-07 | 2023-10-11 |
| PERKOFF, Richard Michael | Director | 2019-04-08 | 2023-03-13 |
| RENSHAW, Anne Marie Louise, Reverend | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2011-07-25 |
| SIMMONS, Christine Joy | Director | 2016-01-26 | 2016-07-18 |
| SIMONS, Hadley Jason | Director | 2023-01-25 | 2024-07-18 |
| SIMONS, Hadley Jason | Director | 2023-01-25 | 2023-01-25 |
| STELLA, Gillian Lisa | Director | 2001-10-18 | 2006-10-18 |
| SULEIMAN OBA, Enoila Aminat | Director | 2008-01-14 | 2012-07-04 |
| THOMAS, Anthony Simon | Director | 1997-12-01 | 2002-07-29 |
| THOMAS, Frederick George | Director | 2001-02-01 | 2020-10-14 |
| WATTS, Christopher John | Director | 1997-09-23 | 2008-10-07 |
| WOOD, Henry Christopher | Director | 2011-04-05 | 2025-01-23 |
| WOOSEY, Paul Richard | Director | 2002-11-07 | 2015-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 253 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-05-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-05-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-10-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.