ADVOCACY IN GREENWICH

Registered charity 1186659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting people with learning disabilities by: Providing a range of independent advocacy services Improving quality of life Enabling people to assert their rights and make decisions about their futureDevelop and deliver accessible training.Work strategically to influence policy and practiceGreenwich and surrounding areas also specific projects and services across London and wider.

Objects

TO SUPPORT DISABLED PEOPLE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH A FOCUS ON PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES BY:A) PROVIDING THEM WITH A RANGE OF INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY SERVICES, IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENABLING PEOPLE TO ASSERT THEIR RIGHTS.B) SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE OR AT A SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.C) SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO ARE MARGINALISED TO DEVELOP A RANGE OF SKILLS.D) DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING ACCESSIBLE TRAINING ALONGSIDE OUR BENEFICIARIES.E) TO WORK STRATEGICALLY TO INFLUENCE POLICY AND PRACTICE IN ADVOCACY ALONGSIDE AND ON BEHALF OF DISABLED PEOPLE.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £5,135 for the year, resulting in total net assets falling to a negative £5,135. Unrestricted funds are in a deficit of £118,990, while restricted funds stand at £113,855. The trustees note that ensuring long-term sustainability remains their highest priority amid funding difficulties.

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 4 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

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/07/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abdul Hameedchair
• SHAH CHOWDHURY
• Samuel Bolton

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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