The Basement Advisory Centre

Analysis

The Basement Advisory Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03642747). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Basement Advisory Centre reported income of £29k and spending of £31k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £146k to £29k (-80%), an average of -33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Basement Advisory Centre sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Margot and Julian Lew Charitable Trust (£29k), Ridwan-E-Darain Educational Trust Kumkoter UK (£29k) and Dolmar Trust (£29k).

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.