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Your Voice Counts

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1125719
Status
Registered
Registered
Sept. 4, 2008
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined. In Practice, Local

Address

Address
Your Voice Counts
John Haswell House
8-9 Gladstone Terrace
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE8 4DY

Contact

Activities

Your Voice Counts supports people with learning disabilities, individuals experiencing mental health challenges, autistic people and people who are at risk of exclusion due to disability, illness or other challenges. We deliver a range of advocacy and community based services that empower people to have a voice, to have choice and control in their lives and to be connected to the support they need

Objects: The Charity's Object Is To Relieve The Need Or Disability Of Persons, Particularly Those Suffering Impairment Of Their Learning Abilities. This Object Will Be Achieved By The Following Means: 1. Assisting Such Persons, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities, To Obtain Full Rights And Privileges As Citizens; 2. Promoting Social Inclusion For The Public Benefit By Preventing Such People From Becoming Socially Excluded And Assisting Them To Integrate Into Society; 3. Enable And Encouraging Such Persons, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities And/or Learning Difficulties, To Support Each Other In Obtaining Full Rights And Privileges As Citizens; 4. Providing Help, Support And Advocacy To Such Persons, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities, On A One-To-One Basis; 5. Promoting To Society The Abilities And Potential Of Such People, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities; 6. Developing Best Practice In Service Provision Through Consultation, Feedback, Monitoring And Evaluation; 7. Developing And Delivering Training; 8 .publicising, Marketing And Promoting The Work Of The Organisation.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
March 31, 2025 £1,769,164 £1,734,834 £609,565 69
March 31, 2024 £1,489,712 £1,628,781 £575,235 65
March 31, 2023 £1,417,746 £1,287,642 £714,304 54
March 31, 2022 £1,144,157 £1,061,641 £584,200 48
March 31, 2021 £1,063,540 £993,006 £501,684 46

Trustees

Name Appointed
Carl Newbrook Jan. 5, 2025
Gary Devlin Oct. 22, 2024
Jessica Fielding Feb. 16, 2023
Mathew Ife Jan. 18, 2018
Nathan Maddison Oct. 26, 2025
Rachel Thompson April 23, 2026
Rebekah Coombes Aug. 19, 2021
Tom Relph March 13, 2018