Lewisham Multi Lingual Advice Service

Analysis

Lewisham Multi Lingual Advice Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2002, 24 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 04358319). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lewisham Multi Lingual Advice Service reported income of £40k and spending of £73k, spending 182% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £152k to £40k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Lewisham Multi Lingual Advice Service sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orphan Welfare Trust (£40k), Houses of Light (£40k) and Christ Apostolic Church Mount Joy (£40k).

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.