Services for Empowerment and Advocacy

Analysis

Services for Empowerment and Advocacy is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in June 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 March 2026, Services for Empowerment and Advocacy reported income of £55k and spending of £121k, spending 219% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £232k to £55k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Services for Empowerment and Advocacy sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Darell-Brown, Robin Memorial Fund (£55k), Crossroads Global Village (UK) (£55k) and Hatua (£55k).