Guidance Hub

Analysis

Guidance Hub is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, 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 July 2025, Guidance Hub reported income of £633k and spending of £575k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £359k to £633k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Guidance Hub sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ykids Ltd (£633k), Hammersmith and Fulham Community Law Centre Limited (£633k) and Cor Lumen Christi Trust (£632k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 64%, charitable activities 35% and trading 1.7%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.4%. Reserves of £35k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.