South Essex Advocacy Services

Analysis

South Essex Advocacy Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Essex Advocacy Services reported income of £411k and spending of £376k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £333k to £411k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, South Essex Advocacy Services sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% 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 Creative Futures (UK) Limited (£411k), Destiny Christian Church Wakefield (£412k) and Tomchei Torah Vuchesed (£411k).