Crosslight Advice

Analysis

Crosslight Advice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 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 advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Crosslight Advice reported income of £807k and spending of £797k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £531k to £807k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Crosslight Advice sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Champions Church (£806k), Engineers Without Borders UK (£808k) and Commissariat of the Holy Land (£802k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and charitable activities 14%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 9.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £71k. Reserves of £38k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.