The Advice Services Alliance

Analysis

The Advice Services Alliance is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03533317). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Advice Services Alliance reported income of £149k and spending of £154k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £136k to £149k (+9.3%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Advice Services Alliance sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include K C Outreach Selby (£149k), Portchester Free Church Trust (£149k) and The Princess Project (£149k).