Hastings Advice and Representation Centre

Analysis

Hastings Advice and Representation Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Leonards-on-Sea. It was registered in November 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04048683). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hastings Advice and Representation Centre reported income of £776k and spending of £739k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £656k to £776k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hastings Advice and Representation Centre sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sight for Life Trust (£775k), The Unheard Voices Trust (£776k) and Adoptionplus (£775k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, trading 17%, donations and legacies 7.1% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £303k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.