Advocacy Matters (Wales)

Analysis

Advocacy Matters (Wales) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03180805). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Advocacy Matters (Wales) reported income of £264k and spending of £269k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £289k to £264k (-8.7%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Advocacy Matters (Wales) sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dudley Crossroads (£264k), Kendal Almshouse Charity (£265k) and Interplay Theatre Trust (£264k).