ONSIDE INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY
Registered charity 1102022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ONSIDE
The objects of the charity are to promote the relief of people, who through disability or ill health are unable, without assistance, to obtain their full rights and privileges as citizens.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income exceeded expenditure by £1,066, resulting in total fund balances of £795,557. The trustees report that free reserves of £500,730 are sufficient to cover statutory redundancy requirements and contractual lease obligations. The auditor confirmed that 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: sufficient reserves in realisable form to cover the statutory requirements in respect of redundancy payments to staff and contractual agreements, such as lease of premises (held: £501k)
“At the minimum, we will always hold sufficient reserves in realisable form to cover the statutory requirements in respect of redundancy payments to staff and contractual agreements, such as lease of premises.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Kendall Wadley LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Onside (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- HEARD, Lee James — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
- BUGG, Louise — director, appointed 01/06/2022on trustee list
- KIRK, Niel — director, appointed 24/05/2021on trustee list
- LONG, Jane Bridget — director, appointed 29/06/2018on trustee list
- CHAPMAN, Carol Anne — director, appointed 22/09/2011on trustee list
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (09/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Jane Longchair
- CAROL ANNE CHAPMAN
- Lee James Heard
- Louise Bugg
- Niel Kirk
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Herefordshire · Worcestershire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ONSIDE INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income exceeded expenditure by £1,066, resulting in total fund balances of £795,557. The trustees report that free reserves of £500,730 are sufficient to cover statutory redundancy requirements and contractual lease obligations. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kendall Wadley LLP.
Who funds ONSIDE INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ONSIDE INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY as a grant recipient include THE BURBERRY FOUNDATION, THE PRUDENCE TRUST, THE FIDELITY UK FOUNDATION, THE RAYNERS PENN FOUNDATION, BEYOND SPORT FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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