TW MONEY ADVICE SERVICE

Registered charity 1162828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TWMAC

TWMAS works in conjunction with Crosslight Advice (charity no. 1163306) to provide advice to members of the public who are in debt from the TW postcode area. TWMAS is responsible for recruiting volunteers who work under the supervision of Crosslight Advice. TWMAS provides training and support for advisers and organises money advice courses for clients and for other members of the public.

Objects

(I) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;(II) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£52k
Registered
2015
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted and undesignated free reserves of £34,663 at year-end, which equates to 6.8 months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees confirmed that the organisation has sufficient reserves to meet future obligations and that the overall state of affairs is satisfactory. The charity is prepared on a receipts and payments basis with no outstanding guarantees or debts secured on assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 to 9 months planned expenditure (held: £35k)
“The trustees aim to maintain average free reserves of 6 to 9 months planned expenditure” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
“Donations to the charity from trustees totalled £4,940 in 2025 (£320 in 2024). No trustee received any remuneration or expenses from the charity during the year.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 24

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £5,850 — grants £5,850 (1); 14% of the £43,224 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 19

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hounslow · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£52k£52k
31/12/2024£43k£48k
31/12/2023£34k£39k
31/12/2022£62k£39k
31/12/2021£35k£30k

Common questions

Is TW MONEY ADVICE SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted and undesignated free reserves of £34,663 at year-end, which equates to 6.8 months of budgeted expenditure. The trustees confirmed that the organisation has sufficient reserves to meet future obligations and that the overall state of affairs is satisfactory. The charity is prepared on a receipts and payments basis with no outstanding guarantees or debts secured on assets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TW MONEY ADVICE SERVICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TW MONEY ADVICE SERVICE as a grant recipient include HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENT, Richmond Foundation.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2023£31kMoney Advice service - salary costs
Richmond FoundationFY2025£10kProject Grant
Richmond FoundationFY2024£10kGrant awarded in 2023/24
HAMPTON FUEL ALLOTMENTFY2025£8kContribution towards staff costs.
Richmond FoundationFY2023£8kAccessing support and advice

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CROSSLIGHT ADVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TW MONEY ADVICE SERVICE£52k——unclear—no doubt
CROSSLIGHT ADVICE FY2025£807k—0below—no doubt
MONEY ADVICE TRUST FY2025£19.9m£140,000 - £149,999—unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD FY2025£4.2m—0above—no doubt
TAX ADVISERS' CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£37k——unclear—no doubt
CHISWICK MONEY ADVICE CENTRE FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.