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Description
Free, confidential and independent advocacy support for vulnerable people to take part in decisions relating to their health and social care. The charity delivers a range of services including training, statutory mental health and mental capacity advocacy & general advocacy support for issues relating to health & social care in particular for those whose primary issues relate to mental health.
Also known as
- Advocacy Focus
- Advocacy Focus
- East Lancashire Advocacy Service
- East Lancs Advocacy
- East Lancashire Advocacy Service
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
BB5 5BY
Website
Domain
advocacyfocus.org.uk
Latest income
£2,108,739 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1086151 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Advocacy Focus (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Specialty, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals
C22
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Charitable activities
CA» Advice and individual advocacyCA101 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300 -
Health
HE -
Health
HE» Health conditionHE200» Mental healthHE210 -
Social care
SC
Theme (CCEW)
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Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- Regional
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-04-12 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 276,513 | 255,128 |
| 2005-03-31 | 231,575 | 226,556 |
| 2006-03-31 | 251,779 | 259,605 |
| 2007-03-31 | 302,092 | 275,867 |
| 2008-03-31 | 542,584 | 446,760 |
| 2009-03-31 | 537,823 | 487,149 |
| 2010-03-31 | 687,236 | 564,071 |
| 2011-03-31 | 671,300 | 634,750 |
| 2012-03-31 | 618,458 | 683,155 |
| 2013-03-31 | 599,386 | 566,195 |
| 2014-03-31 | 708,346 | 690,329 |
| 2015-03-31 | 716,551 | 667,329 |
| 2016-03-31 | 1,004,136 | 866,223 |
| 2017-03-31 | 1,446,469 | 1,206,659 |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,427,792 | 1,333,494 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,630,255 | 1,618,335 |
| 2020-03-31 | 1,689,982 | 1,817,041 |
| 2021-03-31 | 1,702,026 | 1,749,810 |
| 2022-03-31 | 1,805,415 | 1,857,731 |
| 2023-03-31 | 2,108,739 | 2,071,257 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 60 | 56 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 26 | 28 |
| Trustees | 6 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | - | - |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | - | - |
| Income from charitable activities | 2,100.7 | 1,797.0 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 8.0 | 8.4 |
| Other income | - | - |
| Total | 2,108.7 | 1,805.4 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 1.4 | - |
| Spending on raising funds | 1.4 | - |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 2,069.9 | 1,857.7 |
| Charitable activities | 2,069.9 | 1,857.7 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 2,071.3 | 1,857.7 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 37.5 | (52.3) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 48.2 | 33.8 |
| Investment assets | 250.6 | 232.5 |
| 298.8 | 266.3 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 375.3 | 454.9 |
| Other current assets | 216.7 | 223.5 |
| 592.0 | 678.4 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (77.2) | (136.6) |
| Net current assets | 514.9 | 541.8 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 813.6 | 808.0 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 813.6 | 808.0 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | - | - |
| Unrestricted funds | 813.6 | 808.0 |
| 813.6 | 808.0 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 1,781,091 | 1,669,340 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 84.5% | 92.5% |
| Number of government contracts | 6 | 6 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 15,000 | 26,994 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| Number of government grants | 1 | 2 |
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£10,000
11 months |
Community Focus Hub
Nov 2022 to Oct 2023 |
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|
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All |
£5,000
1 year |
East Lancs Advocacy
Mar 2006 to Mar 2007 |
Data source
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- The National Lottery Community Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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