Free Legal Advice Group for Domestic Violence (Flag DV)

Analysis

Free Legal Advice Group for Domestic Violence (Flag DV) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newbury. It was registered in October 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Free Legal Advice Group for Domestic Violence (Flag DV) reported income of £187k and spending of £172k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £119k to £187k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Free Legal Advice Group for Domestic Violence (Flag DV) sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Niemann-Pick Disease Alliance (£187k), Ashanti Development (£187k) and Rockets Sport and Educational Foundation (£186k).