Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd

Analysis

Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04382420). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Spitfire Advice and Support Services Ltd reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £759k to £1.2m (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Spitfire Advice and Support Services 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Printing Charity (£1.2m), The Winchester Project (£1.2m) and Groundwork Five Counties (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 75% and trading 24%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £163k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.