Taunton Area Debt Advice

Analysis

Taunton Area Debt Advice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, 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 March 2026, Taunton Area Debt Advice reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £6,872 to £11k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Taunton Area Debt Advice sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mabel Grant Trust (£11k), Winterslow Land and Allotment Charity (£11k) and Drummond Gospel Hall (£11k).

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.