SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY

Registered charity 1019779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SANDWELL ADVOCACY

To relieve the needs or disability of persons within the borough of Sandwell who suffer an impairment of their mental or physical faculties or who are vulnerable or at risk

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Latest income
£230k
Latest spending
£208k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £22,363 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted fund balances increasing to £174,110. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants receivable for core activities (39% of income)
“Grants receivable for core activities 80,273 144,502 224,775”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sandwell Citizens Advocacy (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£230k£208k
31/03/2024£224k£210k
31/03/2023£227k£206k
31/03/2022£230k£229k
31/03/2021£239k£213k

Common questions

Is SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £22,363 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted fund balances increasing to £174,110. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. No material uncertainties or risks to continuing operations were disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY as a grant recipient include THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£27k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kCompassionate Support
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kCommunity Projects and Integration
THE COLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kChildren and Youth

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery30/04/2025£25kMillionaire Street 2025 04w2 Year 1
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2024£20kSandwell Advocacy Voice and Empowerment (SAVE)
Postcode Lottery29/09/2023£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund16/09/2022£10kSandwell Together
The National Lottery Community Fund23/07/2021£10kSandwell Together
UK government25/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government16/09/2020£9kVSCE CMC Fund
UK government02/06/2020£2kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund16/10/2019£10kTime for Me
The National Lottery Heritage Fund23/10/2017£85k"Within Living Memory"
The National Lottery Community Fund02/11/2004£1kEquipment costs