Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 7

Support Score: 3

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3
Multiple returns filed late: -2

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 5

YOUR VOICE ADVOCACY PROJECT

Your Voice Advocacy provides advocacy and other services for people with learning disabilities across the local authority areas of Neath Port Talbot and Swansea. We currently provide a listening service, peer advocacy social groups and promote self advocacy.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently
Returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	*	£71	£140	£-69	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£148	£84	£64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£98	£76	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	*	£138	£114	£24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£87	£116	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£121	£144	£-23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£176	£162	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£155	£159	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£113	£121	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£164	£166	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£163	£166	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£166	£138	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£82	£81	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£95	£81	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£60	£86	£-25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£112	£105	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07	*	£87	£100	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£150	£133	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£165	£159	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04	*	£158	£192	£-34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 34 years

www.yourvoiceadvocacy.org.uk

info@yourvoiceadvocacy.org.uk

01792646573

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

City Of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Your Voice Advocacy
£2,250	14/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Recovery grant to Your Voice Advocacy
£50,000	03/12/2020 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Your Voice Advocacy, awarded under the Foundation's Learning Disabilities funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support ....more Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Your Voice Advocacy, awarded under the Foundation's Learning Disabilities funding stream. Part of the Covid Recovery Fund to support charities to emerge from the pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Your Voice Advocacy Project
£58,281	12/11/2014	This Swansea based advocacy charity aims to employ a part-time crisis advocacy worker to support individuals with a learning disability transition successfully into independent, secure and safe ....more This Swansea based advocacy charity aims to employ a part-time crisis advocacy worker to support individuals with a learning disability transition successfully into independent, secure and safe accommodation.
National Lottery Community Fund - A Parent's Voice - Family Advocacy
£249,916	30/07/2014 36	Not Available
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Your Voice Advocacy Project
£15,500	24/02/2012	the salary and on costs of a Family Advocate
National Lottery Community Fund - Voices in Action
£249,657	26/01/2011 48	The project will enhance the current independent advocacy services for people with learning disabilities living in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. It will support and represent their views with the ....more The project will enhance the current independent advocacy services for people with learning disabilities living in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot. It will support and represent their views with the intention of influencing change through professional advocacy and peer advocacy.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 8/9 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 28-61

ADAM DAWKINS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

ADELAIDE MORGAN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director

CARL STEVEN WEST Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Accountant

KARA WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

KELSEY SHAW Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

LISA DAVIES Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

RICHARD WILLIAMS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

RICK WILSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

ROBERT MORRIS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/12/1990, number: 1001271
Registered at Companies House on 30/10/1990, number: 02553487

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 104 days late, AR20: 59 days late, AR07: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

Forge Fach Community Resource Centr
Hebron Road
Clydach
SWANSEA
SA6 5EJ

Objectives

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES TO ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING, TO RELIEVE POVERTY, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC AND TO ASSIST FAMILIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

FORMER WEST GLAMORGAN & CARMARTHENSHIRE

Data Sources

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