ADVOCACY FOR ALL

Registered charity 1064855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBA, BEXLEY AND BROMLEY ADVOCACY, BEXLEY AND BROMLEY CITIZEN ADVOCACY

Provide long and short term independent advocacy to vulnerable people to help them speak up for themselves. Provided through professional and volunteer advocates, but self-advocacy groups are also supported.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity consolidated its financial position with a solid year, adding to its reserves and reporting a net income of £89,794 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity prioritizes increasing unrestricted reserves to maintain a target equivalent to three months' turnover, supported by regular scrutiny of management accounts to ensure financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months' turnover (held: £381k)
“Our aim is to maintain reserves equivalent to three months’ turnover.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£381k
Employees
58

Reported reserves equal ~3.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Havering · Kent · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.4m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2021£1.3m£1.2m

Common questions

Is ADVOCACY FOR ALL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity consolidated its financial position with a solid year, adding to its reserves and reporting a net income of £89,794 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity prioritizes increasing unrestricted reserves to maintain a target equivalent to three months' turnover, supported by regular scrutiny of management accounts to ensure financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation01/10/2024£30kGrant to Advocacy For All
City Bridge Foundation02/03/2023£58kGrant to Advocacy For All
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2020£980Learning Disabled Animation Course
The National Lottery Community Fund03/07/2018£50kTPP3 - All Stars
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2016£10kAll Stars
The National Lottery Community Fund29/03/2016£44kTPP1 - Keeping Safe with the A team
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2015£314kSpeaking Up Together
The National Lottery Community Fund06/08/2014£9kLooking Out for Each Other
City Bridge Foundation12/01/2012£106kGrant to Advocacy For All
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2010£203kSpeaking Up Together
The National Lottery Community Fund25/09/2009£6kAdvocate for Health DVD
The National Lottery Community Fund20/07/2006£5kStart Up Group

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ADVOCACY FOR ALL£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
ADVOCACY FOCUS FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt
ADVOCACY ALLIANCE FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt
ADVOCACY MATTERS (WALES) FY2025£264k—0below—no doubt
VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY FY2025£15.9m——unclear—no doubt
SEFTON ADVOCACY FY2025£450k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.