Southend Cap Debt Advice Centre

Analysis

Southend Cap Debt Advice Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Southend Cap Debt Advice Centre reported income of £32k and spending of £31k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £32k to £32k (-1.3%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Southend Cap Debt Advice Centre sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include ChesterFamily Church (£32k), Charlton Toy Library (£32k) and The Edridge Fund of Napo the Trade Union and Professional Association for Family Court and Probation Staff (£32k).