ADVOCACY MATTERS (WALES)

Registered charity 1055211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advocacy matters (Wales) exists to promote the independent voice and protect the rights and choices of individuals with a disability through a range of advocacy and particiaption services.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ALL PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY OR A MENTAL NEED AND TO ASSIST THOSE PERSONS TO OVERCOME BARRIERS ATTENDANT UPON THEIR DISABILITY BY THE PROVISION OF A SERVICE CALCULATED TO: A) ASSIST A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY OR A MENTAL HEALTH NEED TO OBTAIN HIS OR HER FULL RIGHTS AS A CITIZEN. B) PROVIDE SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY OR A MENTAL HEALTH NEED TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS AND WISHES ON ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEIR LIVES. C) SUPPORT, REPRESENT AND TO FACILITATE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PERSON WITH A DISABILITY OR A MENTAL HEALTH NEED,TO SECURE HIS OR HER PREFERRED OUTCOME

Area of benefit: WALES

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,671 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £188,207. The trustees acknowledge that these reserves are below their stated policy target of six months' average expenditure. However, the charity has secured new four-year contracts commencing April 2025, which the trustees believe provide security and a strong foundation for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ADVOCACY MATTERS (WALES) (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Clayton Williams
• Dennis Clarke
• Owen Thomas QC
• Paul Sutton
• Rhodri Davies

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

Operates in: Cardiff · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ADVOCACY FOR ALL.

• ADVOCACY FOR ALL income £1.4m
• Advocacy West Wales - Eiriolaeth Gorllewin Cymru income £842k
• ADVOCACY SERVICES NORTH EAST WALES income £622k
• VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY income £15.9m
• CONWY AND DENBIGHSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICE LTD income £1.3m
• MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS WALES LIMITED income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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