COVENTRY INDEPENDENT ADVICE SERVICE

Registered charity 1015216 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WOOD END ADVICE AND INFORMATION CENTRE LIMITED, WOODEND ADVICE AND INFORMATION CENTRE LIMITED

We offer free advice, information and support to residents of Coventry and surrounding areas. We hold the Advice Quality Standard for our debt and welfare benefits advice, a nationally recognised quality mark for public advice organisations. We are members of AdviceUK and our debt advice is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Our aim is to combat poverty and financial exclusion.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £119,295, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £75,000 (three months of operating costs). However, the charity reported a net expenditure for the year and acknowledged material uncertainties regarding its reliance on external funding following the loss of its main council grant.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Conner Gill
• Damon Swindell
• Dr Gulzar Singh
• Dr Margaret O'Brien
• Lianne Payne
• Mark Anthony Monaghan
• Naomi Victoria Hurst

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Coventry City · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).