# ADVOCACY MATTERS LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1148198
- **Other names:** ADVOCACY MATTERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 19, 2012
- **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=1148198


## Contact

- **Address:** Advocacy Matters, 198 Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield
- **Postcode:** B73 5UE
- **Phone:** 01213212377
- **Email:** info@advocacymatters.co.uk
- **Website:** www.advocacymatters.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS OF PERSONS IN NEED BY REASON OF ADDICTION, BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, AND TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVOCACY SERVICE IN THE COUNTIES OF WEST MIDLANDS, WARWICKSHIRE, WORCESTERSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY OR PARTS OF SOCIETY AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH AND OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH, (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY, INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER REASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (IE. EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR TRAINING IN ADVOCACY SKILLS AND DISABILITY ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE UK

**Activities:** Provision of Advocacy for vulnerable people.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Birmingham City
- Walsall



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £659210 | £623060 | £725055 | 20 |
| March 31, 2024 | £758026 | £660645 | £688905 | 21 |
| March 31, 2023 | £550389 | £657077 | £591524 | 21 |
| March 31, 2022 | £674077 | £479495 | £584133 | 18 |
| March 31, 2021 | £572747 | £413128 | £389551 | 18 |



## Trustees

- **JENNY STECKLES** (Chair) — appointed July 17, 2012
- GORDON LAW — appointed July 17, 2012
- Naomi Campbell — appointed Jan. 15, 2026
- Robert Netherway — appointed Jan. 23, 2020
- Robert Punton — appointed Jan. 19, 2023
- Tharanjit Biring — appointed Aug. 1, 2024