EMERGE ADVOCACY

Registered charity 1171851 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC055529 (OSCR)

Emerge Advocacy provides support to young people aged 10 - 25 who attend A&E because they have self-harmed or are suicidal.Our presence helps reduce anxiety for young people during a very distressing time.We are available when needed most, often late into the night and provide up to three months follow up support post discharge.Emerge: A Voice of Hope

Objects

As an expression of the Christian life and faith, to promote and protect good health among people, and in particular young people, suffering from mental illness or emotional distress or in need of rehabilitation as a result of such illness in an NHS setting or in the community by: a) encouraging them to engage with care and treatment. b) the provision of support, advocacy, education and preventative work. c) advancing the education of families, those working with young people and the general public in all areas relating to mental illness and emotional distress in young people. d) the provision of follow up support and activities which promote recovery and develop young people’s skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as whole and confident individuals.e) other activities in line with this, as approved by the charity trustees.As a charity, we are committed to following the example of the Christian faith by indiscriminately showing love, care and compassion to those we encounter.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net deficit of £56,675, resulting in total net assets decreasing from £251,457 to £194,782. Per the trustees' report, the charity faces significant financial pressures due to changed NHS funding arrangements and is actively seeking diverse income sources to fill the gap. The trustees maintain a designated reserve to support financial resilience and manage the orderly wind-down of projects should they become unfunded.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (57% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kevin McCormac OBEchair
• Dr Martin Brunet · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Read
• Hugh Stafford-Smith
• Nicola Broadhurst
• Peter Watts
• Richard King
• Sarah-Louise Morton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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• ESSEX YOUTH TRUST income £88k
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Side by side with its peers

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