VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY
Registered charity 1076630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as "SPEAKING UP", SPEAKING UP T/A ADVOCACY PARTNERS SPEAKING UP, SPEAKING UP! · also registered in Scotland as SC050036 (OSCR)
To relieve and support people with disabilities through the provision of advocacy services and projects.To advance the education of the general public about the needs of people with disabilitiesTo advance and promote education of people with disabilities
Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £488,785 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following two years of planned deficits. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have been replenished to policy-compliant levels, with free reserves standing at £1,426,887 against a required general reserve of £1,000,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £1,000,000 (held: £1.4m)
“The level of general reserves required at 31 March 2025 is £1,000,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Advocacy Experience Limited
“The Charity has a subsidiary, Advocacy Experience Limited. The subsidiary is currently dormant and therefore consolidated financial statements have not been prepared.” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — VoiceAbility (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Kathryn Llewellyn — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Donna Bronson-Barnes — Director of Operations (source)
- Louise Abbs — Operations Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (26/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anthony Osijo
- Argent Veseli
- Catrin Dingle
- Daniel Jarman
- Deborah Page · trustee of 1 other charity
- Fiona Beyer
- James Schofield
- Liam Cunningham
- Matthew Smith
- Reiz Evans
- Ria Davies
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £488,785 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following two years of planned deficits. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves have been replenished to policy-compliant levels, with free reserves standing at £1,426,887 against a required general reserve of £1,000,000. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.
Government & lottery funding
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