Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

Poor Liquidity: -1
Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: -1

ADVOCACY FOR ALL

Provide long and short term independent advocacy to vulnerable people to help them speak up for themselves. Provided through professional and volunteer advocates, but self-advocacy groups are also supported.

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Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently

Established: 27 years

www.advocacyforall.org.uk

info@advocacyforall.org.uk

07956415286

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£1,307	£1,291	£15	£0	£182	£167	1.6	61	50
31/03/22		£1,299	£1,293	£7	£0	£166	£140	1.3	56	50
31/03/21		£1,266	£1,191	£75	£0	£159	£137	1.4	53	50
31/03/20		£1,870	£1,916	£-46	£0	£84	£28	0.2	74	50
31/03/19		£1,958	£2,039	£-81	£0	£130	£22	0.1	79	50
31/03/18	*	£1,467	£1,552	£-85	£0	£211	£-40	-0.3	66	0
31/03/17		£1,396	£1,378	£18	£0	£296	£127	1.1	61	0
31/03/16		£1,254	£1,222	£33	£0	£288	£168	1.7	42	0
31/03/15		£990	£943	£47	£178	£255	£107	1.4	35	0
31/03/14		£962	£908	£54	£172	£208	£77	1	52	0
31/03/13		£749	£761	£-12	£169	£165	£76	1.2	32	0
31/03/12	*	£467	£493	£-26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£497	£530	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£522	£527	£-6	£138	£225	£91	2.1	18	0
31/03/09		£487	£389	£98	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£378	£326	£52	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07?		£137	£153	£-17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/06		£290	£287	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/05	*	£294	£259	£35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/09/04		£171	£184	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 41%
Liabilities/Income: 10%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 92%
Reserves/Spending: 1.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

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Listed activities

Disability

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bexley, Bromley, Havering, Kent, Sutton,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

61 employees
50 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Trust for London - Bromley Together
£1,500	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8441
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£25,000	11/08/2020	"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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
Trust for London - Bromley Together
£45,000	10/06/2020 36	The funding is for lobbying/campaigning around the issues of social welfare and social care for learning disabled (LD) people. COVID-19 reveals existing social inequalities that needs headlining, ....more The funding is for lobbying/campaigning around the issues of social welfare and social care for learning disabled (LD) people. COVID-19 reveals existing social inequalities that needs headlining, with Bromley Together (BT) extending to new audiences/hard to reach groups to create a new strong collective to promote these human rights issues.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP3 - All Stars
£49,950	03/07/2018 29	The project will support people with learning disabilities to develop their confidence and live healthier and more active lives. The group will run fun indoor games, exercise and community activities ....more The project will support people with learning disabilities to develop their confidence and live healthier and more active lives. The group will run fun indoor games, exercise and community activities as well as a healthy eating and cooking group, focusing on supporting people to plan, shop and cook healthy meals on a budget. People with learning disabilities will also be supported to develop a healthy living website.
Trust for London - Bromley Sparks
£45,000	02/03/2017 36	The funding is to support members who want to influence local services and key strategic agencies by raising awareness of their needs and by listening to their voices.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Advocacy for All
£74,029	09/02/2017 36	Advocacy support for up to 225 children and young people in the Sidcup area of Kent. By receiving this support the young people will be empowered to make their own decisions, find their voice and ....more Advocacy support for up to 225 children and young people in the Sidcup area of Kent. By receiving this support the young people will be empowered to make their own decisions, find their voice and have increased access to local services.
National Lottery Community Fund - TPP1 - Keeping Safe with the A team
£43,722	29/03/2016 12	They will support people with learning difficulties to have a bigger voice in their communities. This is done through a team of trainers who have a disability training others about keeping safe and ....more They will support people with learning difficulties to have a bigger voice in their communities. This is done through a team of trainers who have a disability training others about keeping safe and speaking out. Creative methods like music and dance will encourage people to share their experiences, work together to break down barriers, celebrate their individuality and find their own voice. This will help them raise awareness and make sure local services best support them.
National Lottery Community Fund - Speaking Up Together
£314,110	04/11/2015 59	This is a development of an existing project to deliver a series of advocacy-based activities which reduce the wide ranging issues and needs of people with a learning disability and/or autism.
Three Guineas Trust - Running Costs
£30,000	16/01/2013	Towards the running costs of the ASD advocacy service in Bexley and Bromley.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Advocacy for All
£41,300	26/11/2012	the salary costs of the Advocacy Co-ordinator and project costs
National Lottery Community Fund - Speaking Up Together
£203,051	12/05/2010 60	This project aims to support people with learning disabilities and autism in Bromley and Bexley through the provision of self-advocacy opportunities, including information on budgeting, benefit ....more This project aims to support people with learning disabilities and autism in Bromley and Bexley through the provision of self-advocacy opportunities, including information on budgeting, benefit advice, personal safety and meeting with emergency services.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 57-76

BRIAN JAMES (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Human Resources, Other trusteeship: BROMLEY FAMILY LINK,

CAROLINE EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Hr

JOHN ANTHONY WATTS Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Retired

LINDA JOYCE DUHIG Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/10/1997, number: 1064855
Registered at Companies House on 23/07/1997, number: 03407428

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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; AR18: 65 days late, AR12: 1 days late, AR05: 25 days late,

Main office

The Civic Centre
St Mary's Road
Swanley
BR8 7BU

Objectives

FOR THE RELIEF OF VULNERABLE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, PRIMARILY THOSE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN AND AROUND THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF BROMLEY AND BEXLEY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE RECRUITMENT TRAINING AND SUBSEQUENT PROVISION OF INDIVIDUALS AS ADVOCATES TO HELP SUCH PERSONS BY PROVIDING GENERIC ADVOCACY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LONDON BOROUGHS OF BROMLEY AND BEXLEY

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