St Pauls Advice Centre

Analysis

St Pauls Advice Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03920535). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Pauls Advice Centre reported income of £568k and spending of £495k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £460k to £568k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Pauls Advice Centre sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Central Gurdwara (British Isles) London Khalsa Jatha (£567k), Refreshing Minds (£568k) and Frontline Trust (£567k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and charitable activities 11%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.4%. Reserves of £228k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.