Fylde Coast Advice and Legal Centre

Analysis

Fylde Coast Advice and Legal Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2024, Fylde Coast Advice and Legal Centre reported income of £45k and spending of £45k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income fell from £143k to £45k (-68%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fylde Coast Advice and Legal Centre sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latin Link International (£45k), The Mill Lane Centre (£45k) and Mens Shed Aberaeron (£45k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.