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Citizens Advice Hart Impact Report 2025/2026

Citizens Advice Hart's Impact Report 2025/2026 sets out a year of free, confidential advice for people across Hart in Hampshire: 2,128 unique clients helped with 9,041 issues, GBP 1.6 million in income gains secured, GBP 68,000 of debt written off, and 58 people trained through its Advice First Aid programme.

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About

Citizens Advice Hart is an independent local charity providing free, confidential and impartial advice to people in the Hart district of Hampshire on issues including debt, benefits, housing and employment.

Key Metrics

Clients helped 2,128 unique clients were supported during the year, with a cumulative 3,556 monthly unique clients reflecting repeat support across multiple months.
Issues handled 9,041 issues were helped with, an average of 4.2 issues per client.
Income gained GBP 1.6 million in income gains was secured for clients, alongside GBP 163,000 in other gains and GBP 10,000 in reimbursements, services or loans.
Debts written off GBP 68,000 of client debt was written off through advice and casework.
Advice First Aid 58 people from community organisations, charities and educational settings were trained through the award-winning Advice First Aid programme.

Key Outcomes

  • GBP 1.6 million in income gains secured for local people.
  • GBP 68,000 of debt written off, helping clients manage debt and improve financial wellbeing.

Geography

South East

Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
438,000 pets treated across 49 Pet Hospitals, equivalent to 4,700 pets every working day
Key Metric 2
Over 2 million treatments provided; veterinary services cost over £85 million, funded entirely by donations
Key Metric 3
327,000 children reached with pet education messages; Pet Health Hub received over 4 million online visitors
Veterinary care provided to the pets of over 360,000 people in financial hardship across the UK, with 46% of clients disabled or living with a serious health condition
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
2.4 million benefits calculations completed via free Benefits Calculator
Key Metric 2
1.5 million people identified new benefits worth an average of £5,396 each (£12.9bn total)
Key Metric 3
£3 million in grants awarded, supporting 2,164 people across the UK
4.8 million people accessed the Turn2us website for information on claiming support they are entitled to
Impact Snapshot
Key Metric 1
7,325 individual children supported; 9,269 instances of support across the year; 6,660 referrals fulfilled; 485 emergency newborn hospital packs delivered to 23 London hospitals...
Key Metric 2
734 regular volunteers; 31,348 volunteer hours; 146 one-off volunteers (700+ hours); 99 corporate volunteer groups (3,900 hours)
Key Metric 3
Items gifted worth over £3 million (if new); 128 tonnes of goods redistributed; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved for families via signposting;...
Connections and signposting: Family Connections team spoke to 2,764 families; signposting support provided 1,037 times; 77% of signposting recipients had never accessed similar help before; £22,714 in financial support secured or saved