SEFTON ADVOCACY

Registered charity 1094825 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides advocacy and information services to vulnerable residents of Sefton. Its objects are to relieve these vulnerable residents from social exclusion empowering them to make informed decisions and choices about their lives to achieve change. The charity promotes confidence to speak out and where this is not possible will represent and speak on behalf of the service user.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£450k
Latest spending
£339k
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £192,600, with unrestricted funds at £120,428 and restricted funds at £72,172. The charity reported a net income of £111,038 for the year, funded primarily by grants totaling £449,681. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £120k)
“It is the aspiration of the board that the fund is build up to a level such that it would meet three months expenses of the charity.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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.

BuyerContractAwardedValue
NHS CHESHIRE AND MERSEYSIDE INTEGRATED CARE BOARDAdvocacy Services for Adults in Sefton——

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City · Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£450k£339k
31/03/2024£374k£338k
31/03/2023£374k£338k
31/03/2022£374k£372k
31/03/2021£379k£404k

Common questions

Is SEFTON ADVOCACY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £192,600, with unrestricted funds at £120,428 and restricted funds at £72,172. The charity reported a net income of £111,038 for the year, funded primarily by grants totaling £449,681. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SEFTON ADVOCACY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEFTON ADVOCACY as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. PETER, FORMBYFY2022—Voluntary Income donation

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/02/2019£10kAge Friendly Sefton Strategy
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2008£10kFriendz Group - A Project Managed by Sefton Advocacy

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE SEFTON.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SEFTON ADVOCACY£450k—0unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE SEFTON FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
SEFTON CARERS CENTRE FY2025£2.2m—0above—no doubt
SEFTON COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£4.8m—0above—no doubt
ADVOCACY FOR ALL FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
ADVOCACY FOCUS FY2025£2.6m——unclear—no doubt

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