Onside Independent Advocacy

Analysis

Onside Independent Advocacy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 04923990). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Onside Independent Advocacy reported income of £3.7m and spending of £3.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £3.7m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Onside Independent Advocacy sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leeds Mind (£3.7m), International Liberty Association (£3.7m) and The Cantor Foundation (UK) (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £796k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 144 people.