Avenues South East

Analysis

Avenues South East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidcup. It was registered in February 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03923486). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Avenues South East reported income of £14.0m and spending of £14.7m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17.2m to £14.0m (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 18%. 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, Avenues South East sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (£13.9m), The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited (£14.0m) and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (£13.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £484k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 319 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.