BRIXTON ADVICE CENTRE

Registered charity 291484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objectives of Brixton Advice Centre are to promote access to justice by providing good quality advice and assistance. This includes legal advice and representation to people who would otherwise be unable to afford legal services. The Centre also supports people maximise income and to better manage their lives.

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

Latest income
£350k
Latest spending
£363k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity supported over 2,100 new clients and secured over £1.4 million in confirmed and estimated gains for residents during the year. The trustees report that resources were managed carefully to make every pound count while investing in people and systems. The document notes that demand for services is greater than ever due to the ongoing cost of living crisis, but does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“We are grateful to Lambeth Council for its ongoing partnership, as well as to Trust for London, Trussell Trust (via Lambeth & Croydon Foodbank), and the Garfield Weston Foundation, all of whose funding has made a real difference”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Berringers LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £155k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£350k£363k
31/03/2025£430k£401k
31/03/2024£385k£339k
31/03/2023£332k£332k
31/03/2022£212k£287k

Common questions

Is BRIXTON ADVICE CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity supported over 2,100 new clients and secured over £1.4 million in confirmed and estimated gains for residents during the year. The trustees report that resources were managed carefully to make every pound count while investing in people and systems. The document notes that demand for services is greater than ever due to the ongoing cost of living crisis, but does not disclose specific financial figures for reserves, income, or expenditure in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Berringers LLP.

Who funds BRIXTON ADVICE CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRIXTON ADVICE CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2021£169k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2022£59k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£21kPeaceful Warrior
FARRER AND CO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation17/12/2021£106kGrant to Brixton Advice Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2018£10kFood Poverty Project
City Bridge Foundation06/07/2018£146kGrant to Brixton Advice Centre

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 Bolton Community Advice.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRIXTON ADVICE CENTRE£350k—0unclear—no doubt
Bolton Community Advice FY2025£210k—0below—no doubt
BRISTOL LAW CENTRE FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE LTD FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
BROXBOURNE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£242k—0unclear—no doubt
WESTMINSTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt

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