Emerge Advocacy

Analysis

Emerge Advocacy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Guildford. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Emerge Advocacy reported income of £742k and spending of £798k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £170k to £742k (+336%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Emerge Advocacy sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tzidkas Yosef (£740k), Royds Community Association (£742k) and Age Concern, Luton (£740k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 57%, charitable activities 41% and trading 1.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 1.1%. Reserves of £1,363 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.