Registered charity
Direct Help & Advice LTD.
- 3 trustees
- Income £1.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.dhadvice.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Direct Help & Advice LTD.
- Registered
- 1999
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.2m£1.1m
- 2024£1.1m£1.1m
- 2023£1.5m£1.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£1.1m
- 2021£1.6m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 77%. From the charity's annual return.
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
Grants received
17 grants · £2,800,533 total360Giving 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 · £2,144,645 (8 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £330,992 (2 grants)
- Comic Relief · £96,452
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £92,844
- Henry Smith Foundation · £70,600
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
3 trustees on the board
- Justine Erika Claxton Chair since 2026
- David Walsh since 2026
- Leysa Relf since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Justine Erika Claxton Chair since 2026
- David Walsh since 2026
- Leysa Relf since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1073231
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 03495233 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01332287850 · info@dhadvice.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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