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Description
Advising Communities is the legal advice, support and education charity for individuals in need and the essential organisations that support them in their communities. Working strategically across communities we work in partnership with national and local charities, infrastructure and public bodies to improve the life chances of local residents and support the community organisation therein.
Also known as
- Advising Communities
- Advising London
- Advising Communities
- Advising London
- Blackfriars Advice Centre
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Removed
Postcode
SE17 2AX
Website
Domain
advisingcommunities.uk
Latest income
£1,291,828 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 0 active records and 2 inactive records, from 0 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1061055 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Advising Communities (this record) (inactive)
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This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Other philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
H90
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Charity and VCS support
CV -
Economic and community development
EC» Social enterpriseEC106 -
Education
ED
Theme (CCEW)
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The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1997-03-04 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 757,080 | 812,319 |
| 2005-03-31 | 871,765 | 813,509 |
| 2006-03-31 | 869,454 | 930,027 |
| 2007-03-31 | 930,222 | 913,796 |
| 2008-03-31 | 894,744 | 904,940 |
| 2009-03-31 | 847,793 | 920,246 |
| 2010-03-31 | 964,752 | 893,388 |
| 2011-03-31 | 1,040,914 | 998,554 |
| 2012-03-31 | 993,057 | 995,557 |
| 2013-03-31 | 1,013,089 | 1,079,591 |
| 2014-03-31 | 1,011,849 | 962,144 |
| 2015-03-31 | 1,028,246 | 1,039,014 |
| 2016-03-31 | 1,193,014 | 1,194,409 |
| 2017-03-31 | 1,275,324 | 1,298,030 |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,291,828 | 1,280,959 |
| 2022-08-08 |
Removed |
|
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2018 £ |
2017 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 31 | 26 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 1 | - |
| Volunteers | 85 | 85 |
| Trustees | 5 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2018 £000s |
2017
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 10.1 | 41.6 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 10.1 | 41.6 |
| Income from charitable activities | 1,166.2 | 971.0 |
| Income from other trading activities | 57.5 | 30.9 |
| Income from investments | - | 0.1 |
| Other income | 58.0 | 231.8 |
| Total | 1,291.8 | 1,275.3 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Spending on raising funds | - | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 1,271.4 | 1,298.0 |
| Charitable activities | 1,271.4 | 1,298.0 |
| Other spending | 9.6 | - |
| Total | 1,281.0 | 1,298.0 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 10.9 | (22.7) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2018 £000s |
2017
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 146.3 | 160.3 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 146.3 | 160.3 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 42.8 | 24.5 |
| Other current assets | 90.9 | 75.1 |
| 133.7 | 99.6 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (161.4) | (127.8) |
| Net current assets | (27.7) | (28.2) |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 118.6 | 132.1 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (28.0) | (52.4) |
| Net assets | 90.6 | 79.7 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | - | - |
| Unrestricted funds | 90.6 | 79.7 |
| 90.6 | 79.7 | |
| 2018 £ |
2017 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 764,952 | 523,000 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 59.2% | 41.0% |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 459,302 | - |
| Government grants as % of total income | 35.6% | - |
Received 15 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Community |
£20,000 | Main Grants award | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All |
£9,780
1 year |
Community Volunteer Connect
Oct 2018 to Oct 2019 |
||
|
A B Charitable Trust
Human Rights, particularly access to justice |
£20,000 | A grant to Advising Communities | ||
|
United St Saviour's Charity
Community Investment Programme: Full Application 2018/19 R1 |
£84,086
2 years |
Latin American Community Advice and Integration
Apr 2018 to Apr 2020 |
||
|
Walcot Foundation
Organisation Grant |
£25,325
1 year |
Lambeth UC Debt Counselling | ||
|
A B Charitable Trust
Human Rights, particularly access to justice |
£15,000 | A grant to Advising London | ||
|
Trust for London
Advice |
£135,000
3 years |
Advising London | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Reaching Communities |
£514,495
3 years |
Community Rights Reach
Jul 2016 to Jul 2019 |
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The Clothworkers' Foundation
Large Grants Programme |
£20,000 | Grant to Advising London | ||
|
United St Saviour's Charity
Community Investment Programme 2016/17 R1 |
£63,463
1 year |
The Latin American Community Development Project
Apr 2016 to Mar 2018 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- A B Charitable Trust (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- City Bridge Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Clothworkers Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Trust for London (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- United St Saviour's Charity (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Walcot Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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