Community Advice Works

Analysis

Community Advice Works is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 03416785). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Advice Works reported income of £143k and spending of £231k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £225k to £143k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Community Advice Works sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sutton Christian Centre Trust (£143k), George Green's Almshouses (£143k) and Oya Organisation of Young Africans (£143k).