Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 4

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 10

ADVOCACY IN GREENWICH

Supporting people with learning disabilities by: Providing a range of independent advocacy services Improving quality of life Enabling people to assert their rights and make decisions about their futureDevelop and deliver accessible training.Work strategically to influence policy and practiceGreenwich and surrounding areas also specific projects and services across London and wider.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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 age and gender

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	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£222	£221	£1	n/a
31/03/22		£299	£227	£72	n/a
31/03/21	*	£245	£207	£38	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

www.advocacyingreenwich.org.uk

admin@advocacyingreenwich.org.uk

02082933720

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout London,

Who it helps

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Co-Operative Group	£9,333
The London Community Foundation	£8,103
City Bridge Trust	£3,209

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Advocacy in Greenwich
£1,068	21/10/2023	People with a learning disability have become more isolated during the pandemic. Therefore, we'd like to provide an opportunity where they can come together to talk and feel safe and valued.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Advocacy in Greenwich
£4,277	22/10/2022	We plan to support people with a learning disability to rebuild their skills and confidence as we come out of lockdown and people rejoin society.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Advocacy in Greenwich
£3,989	23/10/2021	We'd like to support people with a learning disability to rebuild their social networks following Covid-19. We'll help people to access the IT they need to use social media to maintain relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Re-connecting with our community
£10,000	04/06/2021	The funding will be used to support people with learning disabilities to re-establish a Safe Places project in the Royal borough of Greenwich. The project aims to support local community voluntary and leisure services in the borough to understand ....more The funding will be used to support people with learning disabilities to re-establish a Safe Places project in the Royal borough of Greenwich. The project aims to support local community voluntary and leisure services in the borough to understand the needs of people with learning disabilities and to create friendly welcoming and safe environments for people with learning disabilities.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Advocacy in Greenwich
£8,103	11/12/2020 17	enabling us to continue to provide our services and supports remotely. We need resources to connect staff with people who we support in self-advocacy groups and one to one partnerships. People with a learning disability who have paid roles within ....more enabling us to continue to provide our services and supports remotely. We need resources to connect staff with people who we support in self-advocacy groups and one to one partnerships. People with a learning disability who have paid roles within our organisation need access to technology and the internet.
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Advocacy in Greenwich
£3,209	01/06/2020	A grant of £3,209 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 29-90

ADEKUNLE ODUBAMIRO Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Civil Servant- Land Registry

BETH HARDWICK Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

EVELINE PEATES Appointed: 2020, Occupation: None

JAMES OLORODE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: None

JENNIFER CHAN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant

ROLAND MORTIMER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Business Support Manager

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/11/2019, number: 1186659
Registered at Companies House on 02/10/2019, number: 12238989

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investing charity funds 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

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR21: 52 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ADVOCACY IN GREENWICH on 07/07/2021

Main office

1st Floor Equitable House
7 General Gordon Square
LONDON
SE18 6FH

Objectives

TO SUPPORT DISABLED PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH A FOCUS ON PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BY:A) PROVIDING THEM WITH A RANGE OF INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY SERVICES, IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENABLING PEOPLE TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS.B) SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE OR AT A SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.C) SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE MARGINALISED TO DEVELOP A RANGE OF SKILLS.D) DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING ACCESSIBLE TRAINING ALONGSIDE OUR BENEFICIARIES.E) TO WORK STRATEGICALLY TO INFLUENCE POLICY AND PRACTICE IN ADVOCACY ALONGSIDE AND ON BEHALF OF DISABLED PEOPLE.

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