Frontline Advice Centre

Analysis

Frontline Advice Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cowes. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Frontline Advice Centre reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £15k to £14k (-8.1%), an average of -2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Frontline Advice Centre sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Viscount Northcliffe Pension Fund (£14k), Partners in the Service of Christ (£14k) and Paignton Parish Charity (£14k).