Debt Advice Foundation

Analysis

Debt Advice Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in August 2012, 14 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 08039416). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Debt Advice Foundation reported income of £412k and spending of £500k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £502k to £412k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Debt Advice Foundation sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scene and Heard (£412k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiatical Parish of Loughton St Mary (£412k) and Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") International Christian Centre (£411k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.