Overall GiG Score: 14 ?
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10

ADVOCACY ALLIANCE 

Advocacy Alliance provides free, independent advocacy support to individuals on a one to one basis.The organisation recruits trains and supports members of the community to become volunteer advocates.Advocacy Alliance provides safeguarding training to vulnerable people
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 8 years

www.advocacyallianceyorkshire.org.uk

office@advocacyallianceyorkshire.org.uk

01723363910

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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£209£184£25n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£113£185£-72n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£239£160£80n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/20£140£156£-16n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/19£159£148£11n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£136£146£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£161£112£49£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • General Charitable Purposes
Who works here?
  • 20 volunteers
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • City Of York, East Riding Of Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£179,886
Henry Smith Charity£160,000
DCMS£35,000
Masonic Trust£15,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Bridlington Advocacy Pilot
£9,940 22/07/2022
The funding will be used to run a pilot advocacy project delivering free independent and confidential support for people living in Bridlington town East Riding of Yorkshire. The project aims to ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Advocacy Alliance
£160,000 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing one-to-one advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autistic people in Scarborough and Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
Masonic Trust - MCF Small Grant
£15,000 05/04/2022
Unrestricted core funding for small charities
National Lottery Community Fund - Advocacy for All (A4A)
£150,000 24/03/2022
The funding will help to offer independent free 1-1 confidential advocacy to those most vulnerable in society to ensure their voices are heard and their views genuinely considered. The aim is to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - A suitable home
£9,996 25/02/2021
11
The funding will be used to provide advocacy support to people who are inappropriately housed homeless or facing a housing crisis. The project aims to support individuals with free independent and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£35,000 29/09/2020
"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 ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Practical Bereavement Support
£9,950 06/06/2019
12
The project will provide a pilot scheme which offers practical bereavement support to vulnerable individuals who have experienced the loss of their spouse.
Two Ridings Community Foundation - Peer to Peer Advocacy
£9,857 24/10/2018
Funding for the recruitment and training of young people to become volunteer advocates.
National Lottery Community Fund - COMMUNITY VOICES - SPEAK OUT
£9,890 06/09/2017
12
The group will recruit a volunteer coordinator to promote volunteering opportunities and recruit and train local people to be volunteer advocates, providing the opportunity to be part of a local team ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Extra-Time Advocacy
£259,588 01/06/2016
48
The aim of the project is to improve the lives of people with a learning disability or mental health issue by providing them with the support of an advocate to make informed decisions and be ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/10/2015, number: 1163787
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
7 returns made; all on time
Main office

Office 28
The Street
12 Lower Clark Street
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 7PW

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, ASSIST AND DEVELOP THE REPRESENTATION OF ALL PEOPLE IN NEED OF SUCH HELP BY VIRTUE OF THEIR AGE, VULNERABILITY CAUSED BY AUTISM OR ANOTHER HEALTH ISSUE , MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL OR LEARNING DISABILITY TO HELP THEM OVERCOME ANY DISADVANTAGE THAT FLOWS FROM THEIR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BY THE PROVISION OF A SERVICE DESIGNED TO :-PROMOTE, ASSIST AND DEVELOP THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY AND RELATED SERVICES FOR THOSE PEOPLE IN NEED OF SUCH SUPPORT. ADVOCACY IS TAKING ACTION TO HELP PEOPLE SAY WHAT THEY WANT, SECURE THEIR RIGHTS, REPRESENT THEIR INTERESTS AND OBTAIN THE SERVICES THEY NEED. ADVOCACY ALLIANCE DOES THIS BY RECRUITING, TRAINING AND SUPPORTING ADVOCATES (INCLUDING VOLUNTEERS) IN THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE AN INDEPENDENT AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVOCACY SERVICE, IN A ONE TO ONE OR GROUP SETTING. ADVOCACY ALLIANCE PROMOTES SOCIAL INCLUSION, EQUALITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AS BEFITTING ALL INDIVIDUALS' PRIVILEGES AS A CITIZEN.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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