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Registered charity · Coventry

Coventry Independent Advice Service

To promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit of communities in Coventry and the surrounding areas, predominantly by providing information, advice, public education and other support to relieve poverty and hardship, reduce inequality and...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £351k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Coventry City, Warwickshire
Website
covadvice.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Coventry Independent Advice Service LTD
Registered
1992

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£351k£376k
  • 2024£507k£451k
  • 2023£415k£440k
Earlier years
  • 2022£397k£454k
  • 2021£498k£449k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 49%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

To promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit of communities in Coventry and the surrounding areas, predominantly by providing information, advice, public education and other support to relieve poverty and hardship, reduce inequality and improve quality of life.

Grants received

10 grants · £903,682 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £735,879 (6 grants)
  • Henry Smith Foundation · £122,000
  • HM Revenue & Customs · £26,969
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £14,454
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £4,380

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £497,5602025-12-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9402025-04-03
  • Department for Work and Pensions £14,4542024-12-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,8652024-03-15
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £184,5342022-12-15
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

7 trustees on the board

2y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Economic/community Development/employment 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 4Other services 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£351k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1015216
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/11/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/10/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/10/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/2015 as amended on 06 Nov 2019 as amended on 24 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 02761115 · Active
Contact on the register
02476521100 · info@covadvice.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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