ADAVU

Registered charity 1199391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Adavu works to respond to the issues of modern slavery across the West Midlands through long term support to adult survivors of modern slavery making the transition into a life in the local community; advocating justice; building partnerships and raising awareness.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE RELIEF OF VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND4.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES AND ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND MODERN SLAVERY IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £35,816 against a stated policy target of £20,000, indicating the charity held sufficient funds to meet its short to medium-term commitments. Total income for the period was £167,118, primarily from grants, while total expenditure was £142,650, resulting in a net surplus of £24,468. The trustees confirmed that no material matters came to the examiner's attention that would hinder a proper understanding of the accounts.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev IAN HOWARTHchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Lois Bosatta
• Rachel Elizabeth Howard McMaster
• Rev Neil Wharrier Johnson
• Rosina Susan Singleton
• Sharon Brown

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CLEWER INITIATIVE.

• THE CLEWER INITIATIVE income £347k
• ADVANCE ADVOCACY AND NON-VIOLENCE COMMUNITY EDUCATION income £9.4m
• Safe Steps income £1.7m
• ADAM OUTREACH PROJECT income £558k
• PATCHWORK PROJECT income £263k
• CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £4.9m

Side by side with its peers

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