Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

EMERGE ADVOCACY 

Emerge Advocacy provides support to young people aged 10 - 25 who attend A&E because they have self-harmed or are suicidal.Our presence helps reduce anxiety for young people during a very distressing time.We are available when needed most, often late into the night and provide up to three months follow up support post discharge.Emerge: A Voice of Hope
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • 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 gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 7 years

www.emergeadvocacy.com

info@emergeadvocacy.com

07885955847

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
31/07/22£357£292£65n/an/an/an/an/a80
31/07/21£170£145£26n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/07/20£88£70£18n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/07/19£59£41£19n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/07/18£40£30£10£0£0£0n/a08
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 80 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Community Foundation for Surrey£174,184
Garfield Weston Foundation£25,000
Wates Foundation£7,000
The Bishop Radford Trust£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Community Foundation for Surrey - Project costs for Emerge in Surrey
£26,103 09/01/2023
Funding to support volunteers work with young people in crisis in Surrey Hospitals
Wates Foundation - Readiness for Replication - AWF Out of Committee May 2022
£7,000 24/06/2022
The funding is for salary costs to create a new strategic post to free up our current senior leadership team to focus on support and replication by creating a support role to assist the senior ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - Emerge Frimley, RSCH, Epsom, East Surrey
£19,250 18/01/2022
11
Funding towards the costs of running projects at 4 Surrey hospitals to support young people in crisis.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 05/11/2021
Emerge Advocacy
The Bishop Radford Trust - Grant to Emerge Advocacy
£2,000 30/07/2021
Funding for Emerge at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey. This project was established with Covid19 Response funding, they are now needing to secure new funding to ensure the work can continue.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Funding to strengthen and expand mental health services for vulnerable young people in crisis across the Surrey Heartlands CCG
£50,000 28/06/2021
23
Funding to strengthen and expand mental health services for vulnerable young people in crisis across the Surrey Heartlands CCG
Community Foundation for Surrey - Emerge
£10,000 13/01/2021
To continue the support of young people who are attending A & E because of self harm, suicide attempts or emotional crisis in Frimley and Epsom Hospitals and initiate support to young people in ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - Mental Wellbeing
£25,000 28/07/2020
11
Essential running costs to expand provision of support to young people at risk of suicide
Community Foundation for Surrey - A contribution towards core costs for a charity supporting young people in times of crisis
£15,000 14/07/2020
11
A contribution towards core costs for a charity supporting young people in times of crisis
Community Foundation for Surrey - Covid 19 Response - Mental wellbeing
£5,000 01/04/2020
Providing supporting to vulnerable young people suffering with mental ill-health exacerbated by the Covid-19 outbreak
Community Foundation for Surrey - Running costs for the Emerge Project at the Royal Surrey
£8,831 01/04/2020
11
Essential running costs for a supporting young people attending hospital because of self-harm, emotional crisis or a suicide attempt based at the Royal Surrey Hospital.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Emerge @ Royal Surrey Hospital core costs
£15,000 03/07/2019
12
Support for a service to provide trained volunteers to support young people attending A&E because of self-harm or a suicide attempt
Community Foundation for Surrey - Emerge @ St Peter's Hospital
£6,990 08/10/2018
11
Salary costs to establish a mental health support project at St Peter’s Hospital in Chertsey.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Emerge Advocacy core costs
£10,000 19/10/2017
11
Core costs to support and provide advocacy to young people with mental health issues in 2018.
Community Foundation for Surrey - Emerge Advocacy core costs
£10,000 19/10/2017
23
Core costs to support and provide advocacy to young people with mental health issues in 2018.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/03/2017, number: 1171851
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THINKTWICE on 06/09/2023
Main office

257 GRANGE ROAD
GUILDFORD
GU2 9QX

Objectives

As an expression of the Christian life and faith, to promote and protect good health among people, and in particular young people, suffering from mental illness or emotional distress or in need of rehabilitation as a result of such illness in an NHS setting or in the community by: a) encouraging them to engage with care and treatment. b) the provision of support, advocacy, education and preventative work. c) advancing the education of families, those working with young people and the general public in all areas relating to mental illness and emotional distress in young people. d) the provision of follow up support and activities which promote recovery and develop young people’s skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as whole and confident individuals.e) other activities in line with this, as approved by the charity trustees.As a charity, we are committed to following the example of the Christian faith by indiscriminately showing love, care and compassion to those we encounter.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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