Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Mainly female board: -1

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

SANDWELL CITIZENS ADVOCACY

To relieve the needs or disability of persons within the borough of Sandwell who suffer an impairment of their mental or physical faculties or who are vulnerable or at risk

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 31 years

www.sandwelladvocacy.org

sandwelladvocacy@btconnect.com

01215208070

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£227	£206	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
31/03/22	£230	£229	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	48
31/03/21	£239	£213	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/20	£277	£272	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	34
31/03/19	£160	£166	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	18
31/03/18	£130	£124	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£158	£131	£26	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£160	£137	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£147	£130	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£108	£121	£-13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£106	£104	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£66	£65	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£155	£175	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£225	£219	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£186	£187	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£177	£178	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£173	£191	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£202	£203	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£166	£164	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£172	£160	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Sandwell,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
32 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£29,940
DCMS	£18,528
Charles Hayward Foundation	£3,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£2,700

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£3,000	21/12/2022	Sandwell Together - telephone befriending service for older people
National Lottery Community Fund - Sandwell Together
£9,940	16/09/2022	The funding will be used to enable staff and supervised volunteers to continue to support lonely vulnerable and isolated individuals via befriending telephone calls in partnership with Sandwell MBC ....more The funding will be used to enable staff and supervised volunteers to continue to support lonely vulnerable and isolated individuals via befriending telephone calls in partnership with Sandwell MBC and SCVO. Beneficiaries are identified via referrals from professionals and concerned family and friends. The project aims to maintain a level of contact with those who require emotional support reducing loneliness while improving people’s confidence and mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sandwell Together
£10,000	23/07/2021	The funding will be used to continue its telephone befriending service for vulnerable and isolated people. The project aims to reduce loneliness improve people’s confidence and mental wellbeing.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,528	25/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£9,000	16/09/2020	NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£2,700	24/07/2020	Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Citizen Advocacy
£1,565	17/06/2020	COVID19 - This grant will fund 4 tablets to enable the organisation to better interact with children and young people living in a deprived area who are isolating at home due to Covid-19 and help them ....more COVID19 - This grant will fund 4 tablets to enable the organisation to better interact with children and young people living in a deprived area who are isolating at home due to Covid-19 and help them improve their emotional wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Time for Me
£10,000	16/10/2019 12	The organisation will use the funding to run new activities for carers and young people with mental health problems. This will help improve health and wellbeing as well as bring people together.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Sandwell Citizen Advocacy
£88,640	23/10/2018 36	This project will provide advocacy support to children and young people in Sandwell. Outcomes include improved emotional resilience, increased access to support services and increased empowerment to ....more This project will provide advocacy support to children and young people in Sandwell. Outcomes include improved emotional resilience, increased access to support services and increased empowerment to make their own decisions.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£68,457	16/10/2018 36	To ensure that older people wishing to remain/maintain living independently in their own homes with appropriate support are able to do so. Also Advocacy when considering moving into residential care, ....more To ensure that older people wishing to remain/maintain living independently in their own homes with appropriate support are able to do so. Also Advocacy when considering moving into residential care, ensuring they understand their options.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000	13/06/2018	Living Memory
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Sandwell Citizen Advocacy
£85,200	23/10/2017	Within Living Memory
National Lottery Community Fund - Who cares? We care!
£9,815	27/09/2017 12	This funding will be used to hold a variety of sessions including healthy eating, cooking, and crafts, as well as equine activities at local stables.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Sandwell Citizens Advocacy
£34,000	27/01/2012	the salary, on costs (including recruitment) of the Citizen Advocacy Co-ordinator

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How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 6/7 persons

CARMEN TULLOCH Appointed: 2021

GERALDINE BROWN Appointed: 2013

GURDEEP HANSPAUL Appointed: 2020

LESLEY DONNELLY (Chair)

LEAH HAYNES Appointed: 2022

PATRICIA GOLDING

YVONNE MURRAY Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/1993, number: 1019779

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

Sandwell Advocacy
28 Wood Street
Tipton
DY4 9BQ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OR DISABILITY OF PERSONS WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF SANDWELL SUFFERING ANY IMPAIRMENT OF THEIR MENTAL OR PHYSICAL FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

BOROUGH OF SANDWELL

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