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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 0
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

PATIENTS' ADVOCACY SERVICE 

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year
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Financial Data
Income & Spending ?
Data adjusted to reflect year end change
Period ending 31/03/18 31/03/19 31/03/20 31/03/22 31/03/23
Total income £146,684 £146,664 £144,498 £147,014 £120,378
Total spending £149,565 £149,310 £138,194 £125,429 £136,089
Surplus/deficit -£2,881 -£2,646 £6,304 £21,585 -£15,711
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Established: 14 years
Scottish Charity RegulatorCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • It carries out activities or services itself
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
Purposes
  • The advancement of health
  • The advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
  • The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Where it operates
  • South Lanarkshire
Who it helps
  • People with disabilities or health problems

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

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

Age Range of Directors: 35-68
  • MURPHY, Laura
    Appointed: 2023
    Occupation: Outreach Services Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in Scotland on 14/01/2010, number: SC041185
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/03/2009, number: SC356421
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

State Hospital, Carstairs, ML11 8RP

Objectives

To relieve the needs of people with mental health problems. and in particular: 1. To provide advocacy services to patients of The State Hospital, Carstairs and such other people with mental health problems as the directors may deem appropriate. 2. To promote the interests of people with mental health problems, and particularly those who are accessing advocacy support. and 3. To develop, and (where considered appropriate by the directors) implement, new ways of providing support to people with mental health problems.

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