Stockton and District Advice and Information Service

Analysis

Stockton and District Advice and Information Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stockton on Tees. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05053647). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stockton and District Advice and Information Service reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £1.6m (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Stockton and District Advice and Information Service sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hackney Foodbank (£1.6m), Durham Christian Partnership (£1.6m) and Wiltshire Citizens Advice (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £440k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.