# BENEFIT ADVICE SHOP

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1086003
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 2, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1086003


## Contact

- **Address:** 19 Bedford Street, Rhyl
- **Postcode:** LL18 1SY
- **Phone:** 01745345145
- **Email:** info@bashop.tv
- **Website:** www.benefitsadviceshop.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO RELIEVE POOR PERSONS RESIDING IN NORTH WALES, BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL , INCOME AND SOCIAL RIGHTS ADVICE, AND AID WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE OBTAIN THROUGH LACK OF MEANS.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CHANGES IN THE BENEFIT SYSTEM, BY PUBLISHING SUCH CHANGES AND PROPOSED CHANGES

**Activities:** The Benefit Advice Shop is an independent, specialist  Welfare Rights charity that provides free, impartial, advice, assistance, advocacy and representation on all Welfare Benefits and Social Security Law.  People can access our full range of services by telephone, by appointment, open door drop in and through our community outreaches.

**Area of benefit:** NORTH WALES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Conwy
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £130587 | £118202 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £152718 | £106327 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £110409 | £124221 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £141664 | £120869 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £130555 | £117834 | — | — |



## Trustees

- CAROLINE ANNE HOLLIDAY — appointed Oct. 25, 2016
- James Alexander Ball — appointed Feb. 28, 2017
- MARIETTE GALE ROBERTS
- Melanie Ann Jones — appointed Dec. 17, 2013
- Richard Kendrick — appointed Nov. 4, 2024
- Richard Thomas — appointed July 29, 2024