The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Direct Help & Advice LTD.

Registered charity 1073231 Registered since 1999

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3 trustees on the board

0.3y median 0y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

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

Tech and media 3

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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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£1.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.2 in 2021

28 from 37 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.dhadvice.org
Emailinfo@dhadvice.org
Phone01332287850
Addressnot published

Finances

£1,237,758 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,551,150£1,180,758
2022£1,313,888£1,113,582
2023£1,545,339£1,372,662
2024£1,082,277£1,058,619
2025£1,237,758£1,142,308

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPOVERISHED, HOMELESS OR THREATENED WITH HOMELESSNESS, AND/OR WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS(B) TO OPERATE AS A HOUSING TRUST FOR THE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION AND/OR TEMPORARY, SHARED AND SETTLED ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY, POOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. TO CARRY OUT SUPPORT, COUNSELLING, ACTIVITIES AND TRADING ANCILLARY TO ACCOMMODATION WHICH DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF PERSONS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING POOR HOUSING AND/OR HOMELESSNESS TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND ENHANCE THEIR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.(C) TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS, AND/OR SOCIAL WELFARE ISSUES AND/OR RELATED TOPICSTHE PROVISION OF EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION, TEMPORARY AND SETTLED ACCOMMODATION FOR THOSE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POOR HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESSTO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE OR SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PERSONS MAY RECEIVE WORK EXPERIENCE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR PERIODS SUITABLE FOR THEIR NEEDS SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE BETTER SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND/OR IMPROVED CHANCES OF SECURING EMPLOYMENT

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/01/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/12/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/07/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20/09/2012

Trustees (3)

3trustees
53median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Direct Help & Advice LTD. · 03495233 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 20/01/1998

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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