Overall GiG Score: 18 ?
Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8

ADVICE UK 

The charity operates as a co-ordination and support network for organisations that provide social welfare law advice to the public.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition
Established: 36 years
(37 years as a company)

www.adviceuk.org.uk

mail@adviceuk.org.uk

03007770107

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£3,275£3,348£-72£9£2,394£2,2228150
31/03/22£3,275£2,894£381£9£2,477£2,3679.8120
31/03/21£3,594£3,224£369£17£2,164£2,0637.7120
31/03/20£2,351£2,311£40£29£1,675£1,5558.1140
31/03/19£2,385£2,206£179£17£1,526£1,5268.3140
31/03/18£2,447£2,075£371£13£1,408£1,3647.9130
31/03/17£2,183£2,034£149£19£1,030£9815.8160
31/03/16£2,015£1,991£24£21£948£9485.7180
31/03/15£1,807£1,631£176£20£887£8065.9140
31/03/14*£2,050£1,797£253£59£711£6174.1180
31/03/13*£2,752£2,804£-52£22£506£4551.9160
31/03/12£2,777£2,820£-43£15£566£4792170
31/03/11*£2,910£3,073£-163£31£650£5912.3240
31/03/10*£3,280£3,281£0£13£833£7372.7330
31/03/09£3,076£2,689£386£13£888£8013.6330
31/03/08*£1,848£1,979£-131£15£648£5733.5220
31/03/07*£2,206£1,995£211£13£709£6674200
31/03/06£1,693£1,761£-68£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£2,390£2,341£49£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2,603£2,534£69£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 49%
Liabilities/Income: 70%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 1.1
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 15 employees
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£367,500
Trust for London£69,000
The Legal Education Foundation£46,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Trust for London - Advice UK
£69,000 08/02/2023
The funding is for work to strengthen independent community-based advice services in London, focusing on smaller organisations serving minority ethnic and marginalised communities. It will support ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to AdviceUK
£342,500 12/07/2022
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£342,500 over three years (£106,200; £117,400; £118,900) towards a project whereby AdviceUK and 11 organisations will use a Whole Person, Whole Community approach will co-produce a challenge to ....more
City Bridge Trust - Grant to AdviceUK
£25,000 08/06/2021
£25,000 towards the development phase of a collaboration, applying a Whole Person Approach to strengthen the work and increase the impact of London civil society organisations which advise ....more
The Legal Education Foundation - Covid-19 support to members - continuation grant
£26,000 21/08/2020
Providing support to AdviceUK members in dealing with the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, including business continuity and fundraising.
The Legal Education Foundation - Covid-19 support to members
£20,000 07/04/2020
Providing support to AdviceUK members in dealing with the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis, including business continuity and fundraising.
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Advice UK
£133,265 13/07/2016
24
Systems change work using the Vanguard method and to integrate learning into the Promoting Change Network - 2 year grant
London Councils - Stronger Organisations-Benefiting London(ers)
£1,015,264 20/02/2013
Supporting diversification of funding, self sustaining income generation and social enterprise. Managers who are more skilled and capable of leading their organisations to be better able to respond ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 35-68
  • TOM EVANS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Solicitor
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 01/06/1988, number: 299342
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/05/1986, number: 02023982
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR14: 3 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR11: 65 days late, AR10: 2 days late, AR08: 0 days late, AR07: 29 days late,
Main office

Suite 610
150 Minories
LONDON
EC3N 1LS

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING CO-ORDINATION AND SUPPORT TO INDEPENDENT ADVICE SERVICES AND BY ASSISTING THEM TO MAKE BETTER USE OF THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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