Shropshire Peer Counselling and Advocacy Service

Analysis

Shropshire Peer Counselling and Advocacy Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shropshire. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Shropshire Peer Counselling and Advocacy Service reported income of £274k and spending of £206k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £196k to £274k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 48%. 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, Shropshire Peer Counselling and Advocacy Service sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dial Doncaster (£274k), Fountain of Wisdom Ministries (£275k) and Disability Arts Cymru (£274k).