Independent Provider of Special Education Advice

Analysis

Independent Provider of Special Education Advice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in January 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02198066). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Independent Provider of Special Education Advice reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.2m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £835k to £1.3m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Independent Provider of Special Education Advice sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly Care & Repair (£1.3m), A Place to Call Our Own Limited (£1.3m) and Conwy and Denbighshire Mental Health Advocacy Service Ltd (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 55%, donations and legacies 44% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 8.6%. Reserves of £731k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 33 people.