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Description
Provision of Advocacy for vulnerable people.
Also known as
- Advocacy Matters
- Advocacy Matters Ltd
- Advocacy Matters
- Advocacy Matters Ltd
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
B73 5UE
Website
Domain
advocacymatters.co.uk
Latest income
£664,469 (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.
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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1148198 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
Advocacy Matters Ltd (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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Services for people with disabilities
D13
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Charitable activities
CA» Advice and individual advocacyCA101
Theme (CCEW)
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The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Accommodation/housing
107 -
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
115
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203
Activities (CCEW)
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Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- Regional
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-19 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2013-03-31 | 333,339 | 280,098 |
| 2014-03-31 | 685,731 | 629,119 |
| 2015-03-31 | 596,606 | 560,265 |
| 2016-03-31 | 701,270 | 634,131 |
| 2017-03-31 | 496,553 | 657,915 |
| 2018-03-31 | 395,059 | 560,578 |
| 2019-03-31 | 359,715 | 471,456 |
| 2020-03-31 | 491,323 | 543,163 |
| 2021-03-31 | 572,747 | 413,128 |
| 2022-03-31 | 674,077 | 479,495 |
| 2023-03-31 | 664,469 | 657,077 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 21 | 18 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | - | - |
| Volunteers | 42 | 42 |
| 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 | 9.7 | 35.0 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 9.7 | 35.0 |
| Income from charitable activities | 538.5 | 633.0 |
| Income from other trading activities | 1.4 | - |
| Income from investments | 0.8 | 0.1 |
| Other income | - | 6.0 |
| Total | 550.4 | 674.1 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 16.9 | 7.1 |
| Spending on raising funds | 16.9 | 7.1 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 640.2 | 472.4 |
| Charitable activities | 640.2 | 472.4 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 657.1 | 479.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (106.7) | 194.6 |
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 | 9.4 | 6.7 |
| Investment assets | - | - |
| 9.4 | 6.7 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 541.7 | 536.9 |
| Other current assets | 42.9 | 43.3 |
| 584.6 | 580.3 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (2.5) | (2.8) |
| Net current assets | 582.1 | 577.4 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 591.5 | 584.1 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 591.5 | 584.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 76.7 | 159.3 |
| Unrestricted funds | 514.8 | 424.9 |
| 591.5 | 584.1 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 652,611 | 59,070 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 98.2% | 8.8% |
| Number of government contracts | 4 | 1 |
| Government grants | ||
| None recorded | ||
Received 13 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£8,201
11 months |
Our 'Say' Self Advocacy
Apr 2023 to Mar 2024 |
||
|
CAF
CAF Resilience Fund Phase 2 |
£166,145 | Grant to Advocacy Matters Ltd | ||
|
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welfare |
£20,000 | Main Grants award | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All England |
£9,800
11.934426229508198 months |
Hear to Help
Sep 2021 to Aug 2022 |
||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
£9,895 | Coronavirus Community Support Fund | ||
|
Heart Of England Community Foundation
Doing Things Differently Fund |
£10,200
1 year |
Grant to Advocacy Matters
Jul 2020 to Jul 2021 |
||
|
CAF
CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund |
£9,800
3 months |
Grant to Advocacy Matters | ||
|
Heart Of England Community Foundation
Harry Payne Fund |
£1,000
5 months |
My Side Advocacy
Jan 2020 to Jun 2020 |
||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All |
£10,000
1 year |
You Matter Volunteers
Jul 2018 to Jul 2019 |
||
|
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales
Enable North |
£15,000
1 year |
Grant to Advocacy Matters
Oct 2015 to Sep 2016 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Birmingham City Council (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- CAF (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Heart of England Community Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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