ADVICE UK
Registered charity 299342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The charity operates as a co-ordination and support network for organisations that provide social welfare law advice to the public.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £76,069 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year, driven by increased expenditure on charitable activities and strategy investment. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased slightly to £2,542,063, while the board considers the designated free reserves of £233,289 to be adequate to cover business risks and support future growth.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £233k; policy: adequate to cover the levels of business risk inherent in its policies aimed at achieving further growth in its income to enable investment in more capacity to effectively pursue its objects)
“The Board has classified tangible assets and investments within its designated funds in order to show more clearly the amount of assets remaining as uncommitted and therefore available as free reserves. In accordance with this policy the Charity’s free reserve at the close of the year, stood at £233,289 (2024: £573,199). The Board considers the amounts in reserve adequate to cover the levels of business risk inherent in its policies aimed at achieving further growth in its income to enable investment in more capacity to effectively pursue its objects.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer Audit Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- ENDERSBY, Fiona — director, appointed 21/05/2026on trustee list
- HAFEEZ, Atif — director, appointed 29/01/2026on trustee list
- JESSOP, Naomi — director, appointed 27/11/2025on trustee list
- CLARK, Lisa — director, appointed 04/04/2025on trustee list
- DRONFIELD, Matthew Stewart — director, appointed 04/04/2025on trustee list
- WHITE, Christopher — director, appointed 20/07/2023on trustee list
- SOMBU, Nathaniel Terver — director, appointed 20/07/2023on trustee list
- GREENWOOD, Victoria Ann — director, appointed 25/11/2021on trustee list
- IPYANA, Jawanza Ruhani — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
- QUINN, Anthony — director, appointed 15/07/2021on trustee list
- BADESHA, Baljit — director, appointed 26/07/2007not on trustee list
- BAYRAM, Liz — secretary, appointed 26/09/2023
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- ANTHONY QUINN
- Atif Hafeez
- BALJIT BASHEDA
- Christopher White
- Fiona Endersby
- JAWANZA IPYANA
- Lisa Clark
- Matthew Stewart Dronfield · trustee of 1 other charity
- Naomi Jessop
- Nathaniel Sombu
- Victoria Greenwood
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ADVICE UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £76,069 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year, driven by increased expenditure on charitable activities and strategy investment. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased slightly to £2,542,063, while the board considers the designated free reserves of £233,289 to be adequate to cover business risks and support future growth. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Audit Co.
Who funds ADVICE UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ADVICE UK as a grant recipient include LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST, TRUST FOR LONDON.
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