Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY

To relieve the needs or disability of persons within the borough of Sandwell who suffer an impairment of their mental or physical faculties or who are vulnerable or at risk
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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£227£206£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£230£229£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£239£213£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£277£272£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£160£166£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£130£124£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£158£131£26n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16£160£137£23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£147£130£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£108£121£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£106£104£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£66£65£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£155£175£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£225£219£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£186£187£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£177£178£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£173£191£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£202£203£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£166£164£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£172£160£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

www.sandwelladvocacy.org

sandwelladvocacy@btconnect.com

01215208070

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Sandwell,
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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Postcode Local Trust£25,000
National Lottery Community Fund£19,940
DCMS£18,528
Charles Hayward Foundation£3,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation£2,700
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
£25,000 29/09/2023
Unrestricted funding to maintain our many services including work with young people who are experiencing poor mental health
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£3,000 21/12/2022
Sandwell Together - telephone befriending service for older people
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Citizen Advocacy
£500 20/10/2022
0
‘Cost of Living uplift: £500 to help projects meet their rising costs and respond to increased demand 31/10/2022’
National Lottery Community Fund - Sandwell Together
£9,940 16/09/2022
The funding will be used to enable staff and supervised volunteers to continue to support lonely vulnerable and isolated individuals via befriending telephone calls in partnership with Sandwell MBC and SCVO. Beneficiaries are identified via ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Sandwell Together
£10,000 23/07/2021
The funding will be used to continue its telephone befriending service for vulnerable and isolated people. The project aims to reduce loneliness improve people’s confidence and mental wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,528 25/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,000 16/09/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£2,700 24/07/2020
Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Citizen Advocacy
£1,565 17/06/2020
COVID19 - This grant will fund 4 tablets to enable the organisation to better interact with children and young people living in a deprived area who are isolating at home due to Covid-19 and help them improve their emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Time for Me
£10,000 16/10/2019
12
The organisation will use the funding to run new activities for carers and young people with mental health problems. This will help improve health and wellbeing as well as bring people together.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Citizen Advocacy
£88,640 23/10/2018
36
This project will provide advocacy support to children and young people in Sandwell. Outcomes include improved emotional resilience, increased access to support services and increased empowerment to make their own decisions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£68,457 16/10/2018
36
To ensure that older people wishing to remain/maintain living independently in their own homes with appropriate support are able to do so. Also Advocacy when considering moving into residential care, ensuring they understand their options.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 13/06/2018
Living Memory
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sandwell Citizen Advocacy
£85,200 23/10/2017
Within Living Memory
National Lottery Community Fund - Who cares? We care!
£9,815 27/09/2017
12
This funding will be used to hold a variety of sessions including healthy eating, cooking, and crafts, as well as equine activities at local stables.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£34,000 27/01/2012
the salary, on costs (including recruitment) of the Citizen Advocacy Co-ordinator
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

  • CARMEN TULLOCH Appointed: 2021
  • GERALDINE BROWN Appointed: 2013
  • GURDEEP HANSPAUL Appointed: 2020
  • LESLEY DONNELLY (Chair)
  • PATRICIA GOLDING
  • YVONNE MURRAY Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/1993, number: 1019779
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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Sandwell Advocacy
28 Wood Street
Tipton
DY4 9BQ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OR DISABILITY OF PERSONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF SANDWELL SUFFERING ANY IMPAIRMENT OF THEIR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF SANDWELL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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