SWINDON ADVOCACY MOVEMENT

Registered charity 1070038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAM

We provide a free and Independent Advocacy service in Swindon enabling people with care and support needs to have a voice.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£649k

Latest spending

£659k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that for the year ended 2025-03-31, the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £10,283 against total income of £649,065. Per the financial statement, unrestricted funds stood at £234,570 at the year end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Swindon Advocacy Movement (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income

£649k

Total spending

£659k

Reserves (reported)

£235k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Richard Anthony Jameschair
ANTHONY Brian DIXON
Mark Joseph Boden
Michael Dickinson
Natalie Woods

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£649k	£659k
31/03/2024	£620k	£621k
31/03/2023	£588k	£578k
31/03/2022	£577k	£529k
31/03/2021	£561k	£523k

Common questions

Is SWINDON ADVOCACY MOVEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that for the year ended 2025-03-31, the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £10,283 against total income of £649,065. Per the financial statement, unrestricted funds stood at £234,570 at the year end.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/05/2020	£10k	At home not alone
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/02/2020	£10k	Boost Your Skills
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/10/2008	£5k	Peer Advocacy Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/11/2005	£5k	Training

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY	1	—
THE BURBERRY FOUNDATION	1	£562k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£417k
THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION	1	£358k
THE RAYNERS PENN FOUNDATION	1	£150k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	1	£68k
BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATION	1	£30k
QUEEN ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSES	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

SWAN ADVOCACY NETWORK income £3.2m
SWINDON AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £961k
ADVOCACY FOR ALL income £1.4m
THE SWINDON U3A income £107k
SEFTON ADVOCACY income £450k
CITIZENS ADVICE SWANSEA NEATH PORT TALBOT LIMITED income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SWINDON ADVOCACY MOVEMENT	£649k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SWAN ADVOCACY NETWORK FY2025	£3.2m	£60,000 - £69,999	1	above	—	no doubt
SWINDON AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025	£961k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ADVOCACY FOR ALL FY2025	£1.4m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SWINDON U3A FY2025	£107k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SEFTON ADVOCACY FY2025	£450k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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