About us

Money Advice Trust

The Money Advice Trust (MAT) is a charity formed in 1991 to increase the quality and availability of free, independent money advice in the UK. We are governed by a board of Trustees and our President is The Right Hon Ian McCartney MP.

We work with government, the private sector and the UK’s leading money advice agencies to:

  • increase the availability of money advice
  • improve its quality; and
  • improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its delivery.

MAT's Vision:

To contribute to reducing unmanageable debt of UK consumers.

MAT's Mission:

To support individuals in the UK with unmanageable debts and to improve the capacity, quality and efficient delivery of free-to-client independent money advice, through:

  • Co-ordination
  • Influence
  • Direct service provision
  • Training
  • Research
  • Information provision

As well as planning a national strategy for money advice services, the Money Advice Trust offers debt advice to the public and provides high-quality training for money advisers.

We also raise money from our funders to provide secure,long term funding for quality money advice services.

MAT's key activities are:

Support to the debt advice sector through: