West Kent Debt Advice

Analysis

West Kent Debt Advice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tonbridge. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 06669672). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, West Kent Debt Advice reported income of £113k and spending of £126k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £103k to £113k (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West Kent Debt Advice sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Link Foundation Ltd (£113k), St Andrew's United Reformed Church Upper Hanover Street Sheffield Trust (£113k) and Tools for Self Reliance Cymru (£113k).