Advocacy Support in Cymru Ltd

Analysis

Advocacy Support in Cymru Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St. Mellons. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 07524059). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Advocacy Support in Cymru Ltd reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.4m (+35%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Advocacy Support in Cymru Ltd sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Day One Trauma Support (£2.4m), The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund (£2.4m) and The College of Radiographers (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and trading 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 52 people.