Wantage Independent Advice Centre (number 1161144) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Wantage Independent Advice Centre do?
Advice. Free, confidential advice from trained volunteers on a range of topics, debt, benefits, employment/consumer rights & many more.Transport Scheme. Volunteer drivers take elderly and infirm people to various destinations including hospital, doctors, shopping & Day Centres.Good Neighbour Scheme. Volunteers visiting people in their own home to help with paperwork & to alleviate loneliness.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Wantage Independent Advice Centre
Answers Wantage Independent Advice Centre gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Wantage Independent Advice Centre's highest-paid staff paid?
Wantage Independent Advice Centre's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Wantage Independent Advice Centre as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Wantage Independent Advice Centre's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Also known as
Wiac; Vale Community Impact
Where it says it operates
Oxfordshire
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: The General Public/mankind.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Wantage Independent Advice Centre registered for?
General Charitable Purposes
Why is there no Clarity Score for Wantage Independent Advice Centre yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Wantage Independent Advice Centre.
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Is Wantage Independent Advice Centre a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Wantage Independent Advice Centre as a registered charity (number 1161144) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Wantage Independent Advice Centre's charity number?
Wantage Independent Advice Centre's charity number is 1161144. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1161144?
Search 1161144 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Wantage Independent Advice Centre do?
Advice. Free, confidential advice from trained volunteers on a range of topics, debt, benefits, employment/consumer rights & many more.Transport Scheme. Volunteer drivers take elderly and infirm people to various destinations including hospital, doctors, shopping & Day Centres.Good Neighbour Scheme. Volunteers visiting people in their own home to help with paperwork & to alleviate loneliness.
Does Wantage Independent Advice Centre have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Wantage Independent Advice Centre. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Wantage Independent Advice Centre?
Wantage Independent Advice Centre's website listed in our register data is http://www.vci.org.uk. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Wantage Independent Advice Centre's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Wantage Independent Advice Centre's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Wantage Independent Advice Centre?
The register records Wantage Independent Advice Centre as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Wantage Independent Advice Centre's trustees paid?
Wantage Independent Advice Centre's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Wantage Independent Advice Centre registered as a charity?
Wantage Independent Advice Centre was entered on the register on 1 April 2015.