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 Rt. 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.