Direct Help & Advice Ltd.

Analysis

Direct Help & Advice Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03495233). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Direct Help & Advice Ltd. reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £1.2m (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Direct Help & Advice Ltd. sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dina Perelman Trust Limited (£1.2m), Environmental Conservation Co-Operative (£1.2m) and Kingston Churches Action on Homelessness (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 3.9% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £460k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.