FRONTLINE DEBT ADVICE (UK)

Registered charity 1134908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Debt Counselling Debt AdjustingBenefits AdvicePersonal Budgetting Advice

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Latest income

£57k

Latest spending

£58k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with a modest turnover and incurred a net outgoing of £1,600 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £77,458. The trustees report that the charity aims to break even and has maintained a near-balanced budget, supported by principal funders such as churches. The document notes that funding for face-to-face advice is under threat and some offices have waiting lists, but resources are adequate to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £5,000 (held: £77k)

“The Trustees considered it prudent to establish a Policy requiring a minimum reserve of £5,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

NEIL ELLISchair
ARNOLD DAVID BISSETT
Elizabeth Veronica Nelson
James Kevin Neve
Michelle Fisher
William Graham Kennedy

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Reading · Surrey · Warwickshire · West Berkshire · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£57k	£58k
31/03/2024	£50k	£50k
31/03/2023	£54k	£51k
31/03/2022	£60k	£46k
31/03/2021	£52k	£45k

Common questions

Is FRONTLINE DEBT ADVICE (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with a modest turnover and incurred a net outgoing of £1,600 for the year ended March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £77,458. The trustees report that the charity aims to break even and has maintained a near-balanced budget, supported by principal funders such as churches. The document notes that funding for face-to-face advice is under threat and some offices have waiting lists, but resources are adequate to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/02/2013	£7k	Frontline Debt Advice (UK)
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/08/2010	£9k	Frontline Debt Advice (UK)