Bestwood Advice Centre Ltd

Analysis

Bestwood Advice Centre Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in April 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07529286). It says it provides human resources, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bestwood Advice Centre Ltd reported income of £210k and spending of £227k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £122k to £210k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bestwood Advice Centre Ltd sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of St Mary's Hospital (£210k), Shri Guru Ravidass Mission International (£210k) and British Society of Skeletal Radiologists (£210k).