Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
    • Good trustee age range: +3
    • Gender balanced board: +3
    • Grant maker support: +10
    Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

    SWINDON ADVOCACY MOVEMENT 

    We provide a free and Independent Advocacy service in Swindon enabling people with care and support needs to have a voice.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
    • 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
    • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender
    Established: 26 years

    www.swindonadvocacy.org.uk

    info@swindonadvocacy.org.uk

    01793542266

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    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£588£578£10£0£246£2465.1226
    31/03/22£577£529£49£0£235£1914.32210
    31/03/21£561£523£38£0£186£1453.3214
    31/03/20£491£525£-34n/an/an/an/an/a6
    31/03/19£469£459£10n/an/an/an/an/a10
    31/03/18£466£422£45£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£466£422£45£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£460£458£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£321£291£30£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£209£204£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£182£196£-13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£160£147£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£147£124£23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£123£143£-19£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£132£114£18£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£104£104£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£85£69£16£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£65£62£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£74£64£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£53£49£4£0£0£0n/a00

    Financial Ratios
    Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
    Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
    Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
    Liabilities/Assets: 42%
    Liabilities/Income: 30%
    Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
    Reserves/Spending: 5.1 months
    Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
    Quick Ratio: 2.3
    Asset Split ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Education/Training
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides human resources
    Where it operates
    • Swindon,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • 22 employees
    • 6 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
    Henry Smith Charity£168,700
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£61,940
    Wiltshire Community Foundation£19,878
    National Lottery Community Fund£19,782
    The MSE Charity£6,936
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £2,250 14/12/2022
    One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement (SAM)
    £168,700 07/04/2022
    36
    towards three years' salary of two Independent Advocates providing advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autistic people in Swindon, Wiltshire.
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £6,000 17/01/2022
    Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £1,000 03/12/2021
    This project will provide training and mentoring to a project worker who will deliver money management sessions to disadvantaged children. Children will improve their life skills through developing ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £50,000 18/11/2021
    24
    Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Swindon Advocacy Movement
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £8,054 05/03/2021
    Salary of Community Mental Health Advocate for additional 7 hours per week.
    The MSE Charity - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £6,936 15/11/2020
    Money Matters project, to deliver financial skills and confidence-building sessions to 25 adults with learning disabilities living in Swindon.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £9,690 23/07/2020
    Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
    National Lottery Community Fund - At home not alone
    £9,948 22/05/2020
    6
    The funding will be used to deliver weekly activity packs to individuals with learning disabilities and no access to internet followed up by weekly telephone calls. The project aims to support those ....more
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £5,824 17/04/2020
    To provide information and activity packs and phone calls to people with learning disabilities and autism to equip them to stay safe and healthy and feel less isolated
    National Lottery Community Fund - Boost Your Skills
    £9,834 14/02/2020
    11
    The funding will be used to deliver a programme of activities for adults with learning disabilities, in order to encourage the development of practical skills for independent living, with a view to ....more
    BBC Children in Need - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £71,955 28/02/2019
    36
    This project will provide individual and group support and activities for learning disabled young people. It will help them to become more independent and make and communicate decisions about their ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £73,082 30/11/2017
    36
    To deliver an advocacy service for people detained under the Mental Health Act or informal patients to support them through the discharge process and help them to settle back into the community.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Get Out and About
    £9,588 25/01/2017
    12
    This project will support individuals with Autism, Asperger’s and learning difficulties to understand money and help them with working out costs and timings when using public transport. This ....more
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £15,000 07/12/2016
    36
    Swindon Advocacy Movement is a user led organisation for people with learning disabilities who work with people with a range of different care and support needs. SAM provide a free and accessible ....more
    Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £30,000 08/09/2016
    36
    towards three years' running costs of a project providing advocacy services for people with autism and care and support needs living in Wiltshire
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £5,000 13/05/2015
    12
    SAM is a user led organisation for people with learning disabilities who work with people with a range of different care and support needs. SAM provide a free and accessible advocacy service enabling ....more
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Swindon Advocacy Movement
    £16,000 21/01/2013
    Swindon Advocacy Movement provides an advocacy service for people with learning disabilities and autism. This project will extend its specialist service for parents with a learning disability so ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Sam Buddies
    £194,481 13/09/2011
    60
    This new project will develop a peer support network to enable adults with learning disabilities living in Swindon to access opportunities within the local community. A database/website will be ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (7)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Age Range of Trustees: 40-66
    Legal constitution
    • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 12/06/1998, number: 1070038
    • Registered at Companies House on 17/06/1997, number: 03388017
    Gift Aid
    • 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
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Paying staff
    • 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
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    Swindon Advocacy Movement
    Sanford House
    Sanford Street
    SWINDON
    SN1 1HE

    Objectives

    THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE, SUPPORT AND PROVIDE ADVOCACY SERVICES AS A MEANS BY WHICH VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS CAN MAKE KNOWN THEIR NEEDS AND WISHES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN APPROPRIATE SERVICES AND SO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, OLDER PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND PEOPLE WITH SENSORY IMPAIRMENT. TO EDUCATE HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS AND THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AS TO THE NEEDS AND DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY VULNERABLE PEOPLE.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SWINDON AREA.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
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