Swindon Advocacy Movement

Registered charity 1070038 Registered since 1998

Operates: Swindon

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

5 trustees on the board

Richard Anthony James Chair since 2018
Anthony Brian Dixon since 2014
Mark Joseph Boden since 2021
Michael Dickinson since 2024
Natalie Woods since 2021

6.4y median 5y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Richard Anthony James Chair since 2018
Anthony Brian Dixon since 2014

6.3y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Richard Anthony James Chair since 2018
Anthony Brian Dixon since 2014
Mark Joseph Boden since 2021
Michael Dickinson since 2024
Natalie Woods since 2021

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 5Education/training 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 4

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£649k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.3 in 2021

23 from 21 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.swindonadvocacy.org.uk
Email	info@swindonadvocacy.org.uk
Phone	01793542266
Address	Swindon Advocacy Movement, Sanford House, Sanford Street, SWINDON, SN1 1HE

Finances

£649,065 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£561,224	£523,161
2022	£577,257	£528,614
2023	£588,222	£577,776
2024	£620,166	£620,895
2025	£649,065	£659,348

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/06/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/05/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/07/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/11/2011

Trustees (5)

5trustees

62median age

0aged 70+

Richard Anthony Jamesage band 65-69 Chair since 2018
Anthony Brian Dixonage band 50-54 since 2014
Mark Joseph Bodenage band 65-69 since 2021
Michael Dickinsonage band 55-59 since 2024
Natalie Woods since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Swindon Advocacy Movement · 03388017 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/06/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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