Advocacy First

Analysis

Advocacy First is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03613999). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Advocacy First reported income of £53k and spending of £57k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £32k to £53k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Advocacy First sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% 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 The Ingles Charitable Trust (£53k), Igloo Artists Ltd (£53k) and Fluck Convalescent Fund (£53k).