Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -5

Support Score: 2

Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
No PartB

1 Trustee: -5

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -8

CYNLLUN ADFOCATIAETH IECHYD MEDDWL THE MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SCHEME

Provide a independent mental health advocacy scheme for people with mental health difficulties in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon, by providing information, representation and support. Also provides statutory Independent Mental Health Advocacy and Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy.

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Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is there only 1 trustee?

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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
01/10/23?		£87	£351	£-264	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£296	£260	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21	*	£287	£215	£72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20		£301	£281	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/19		£303	£289	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£301	£283	£19	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£306	£283	£23	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16		£283	£267	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/15		£261	£274	£-12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£278	£270	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/13		£289	£248	£41	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/12		£227	£227	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/11		£205	£190	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/10		£209	£201	£8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/09		£174	£163	£11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/08		£155	£140	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/07		£113	£113	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/06		£109	£97	£12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/05		£97	£96	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/04		£117	£108	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 29 years

www.advocacyscheme.co.uk

admin@mhas.co.uk

01286671223

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Gwynedd, Isle Of Anglesey,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities

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 - Variation grant to The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
£5,050	28/07/2020	Grant to The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
£18,778	22/03/2019 36	The charity supports and advocates for those suffering and in recovery from mental illness. The grant will fund the delivery of an inpatient community advocacy service at 3 psychiatric hospitals in North West Wales.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
£56,334	16/03/2016 36	The charity supports and advocates for those suffering and in recovery from mental illness. The grant will fund the delivery of an inpatient community advocacy service at 3 psychiatric hospitals in North West Wales.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to The Mental Health Advocacy Scheme
£13,800	26/04/2013	The charity provides independent advocacy for people with mental health difficulties in the community and in acute psychiatric settings within the counties of Gwynedd and Anglesey. The grant will increase the hours of community advocacy in Ynys Mon.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

PEGGY IRENE GOLLOGLY (Chair), Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/04/1996, number: 1054623
Registered at Companies House on 11/03/1996, number: 03170574

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
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; AR21: 22 days late,

Main office

William Denton CYF
Glaslyn
Ffordd Y Parc
Parc Menai
BANGOR
Gwynedd

Objectives

THE AIM AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPANY SHALL BE TO RELIEVE THE NEED AND DISABILITY OF PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND WELL BEING PROBLEMS WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF NORTH WEST WALES AS STATED BY THE 1996 CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY RECONFIGURATION BY:-1. ASSISTING SUCH PERSONS TO OBTAIN FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS.2. PROVIDING INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY TO PERSONS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND RELATED ISSUES.4. THE DEFINITION OF WELLBEING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPANY IS MADE IN LIGHT OF THE EQUALITY ACT 2010, WHICH ENSURES THE FULL AND FAIR PARTICIPATION OF MARGINALISED OR UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS, WHERE THESE GROUPS MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM FULL AND FAIR PARTICIPATION AS A RESULT OF DISCRIMINATION AND DISADVANTAGE, OR OTHER BARRIERS. IT HAS DEFINITIONS OF PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS. ANYONE WHO SUFFERS INEQUALITY OR DISCRIMINATION AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE STATE OF WELL- BEING AS DEFINED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO): “A POSITIVE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND MENTAL STATE; IT IS NOT JUST THE ABSENCE OF PAIN, DISCOMFORT AND INCAPACITY. IT REQUIRES THAT BASIC NEEDS ARE MET, THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE A SENSE OF PURPOSE, AND THAT THEY FEEL ABLE TO ACHIEVE IMPORTANT PERSONAL GOALS AND PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY”.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF NORTH WEST WALES AS STATED BY THE 1996 CHANGES IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY RECONFIGURATION.

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