Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community Education

Analysis

Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community Education is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04064660). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community Education reported income of £9.4m and spending of £9.0m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.4m to £9.4m (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 49%. 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, Advance Advocacy and Non-Violence Community Education sits at the 98th 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 Castel Froma Neuro Care Limited (£9.4m), The Alnwick Garden Trust (£9.5m) and Tenovus Cancer Care (£9.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.2%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 154 people.