Advocacy Focus

Analysis

Advocacy Focus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Accrington. It was registered in April 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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 04135225). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Advocacy Focus reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £2.6m (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Advocacy Focus sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Help the Needy Charitable Trust (£2.6m), Feba Radio (£2.6m) and Oasis Community Hub : Waterloo (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £439k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 people.