Avenues East

Analysis

Avenues East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidcup. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03326442). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Avenues East reported income of £7.5m and spending of £8.2m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.0m to £7.5m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Avenues East sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Lewis Partnership Foundation (£7.5m), Operation Smile United Kingdom (£7.5m) and Marillac Neurological Care Centre (£7.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 258 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.