Clifton Welfare Rights Advice Centre

Analysis

Clifton Welfare Rights Advice Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03164247). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Clifton Welfare Rights Advice Centre reported income of £51k and spending of £41k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £64k to £51k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Clifton Welfare Rights Advice Centre sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shree Prajapati Association (UK) (£51k), The T J Virgo Trust (£51k) and The Bexhill Trust (£51k).