# SWAN ADVOCACY NETWORK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1125679
- **Other names:** SWAN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 1, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1125679


## Contact

- **Address:** South Wing, Tauntfield, South Road, Taunton, Somerset
- **Postcode:** TA1 3ND
- **Phone:** 03333447928
- **Email:** swanreporting@swanadvocacy.org.uk
- **Website:** www.swanadvocacy.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects for which the Company is established are: a) the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage in particular but not exclusively by the delivery of advocacy, money management and debt counselling and b) the advancement of education in particular but not exclusively through the delivery of self-advocacy training and end of life planning andc) the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation or the promotion of religious or racial harmony or equality and diversity in particular but not exclusively by the provision of statutory advocacy and victim support services.Primarily, but not solely, in counties across the South West of England or adjoining the South West.

**Activities:** Provides independent advocacy; independent mental health advocacy; and independent mental capacity advocacy to adults who meet referral criteria and who live in the counties of Wiltshire (excluding Swindon), Bath and North East Somerset

**Area of benefit:** LOCAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Somerset
- Wiltshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3160345 | £2976912 | £1003217 | 109 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2957645 | £2807006 | £819784 | 102 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2052615 | £2009347 | £669145 | 76 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1739202 | £1647340 | £625877 | 64 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1551360 | £1379982 | £534015 | 60 |



## Trustees

- Alan Guyver — appointed Sept. 16, 2015
- Claire Haskins — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- Emma Dowie — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- Lynda Corwin — appointed Nov. 25, 2020
- Matt Wall — appointed Nov. 21, 2024
- Peter Harding — appointed Nov. 27, 2019
- Pouvanen Veerappapillay — appointed Nov. 24, 2022
- Richard Davies — appointed Nov. 16, 2023