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Registered charity · Bromley

Advocacy First

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £53k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Bromley, Kent
Website
www.advocacyfirst.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Advocacy First
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£53k£57k
  • 2024£67k£60k
  • 2023£53k£54k
Earlier years
  • 2022£38k£37k
  • 2021£32k£30k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 100%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO HAVE LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, VISUAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF RELIEF BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY THE PROVISION OF AN EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY SERVICE IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS INCLUDING LONDON SOUTH OF THE THAMES.

Grants received

4 grants · £123,845 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £93,845 (3 grants)
  • City Bridge Trust · £30,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7292010-12-02
  • City Bridge Trust £30,0002010-03-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-05-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £79,1162005-05-10
Board analysis

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.

4 trustees on the board

8.7y median 12y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Other Charitable Purposes 3Education/training 1

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

Health and social care 6Finance 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£53k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1071906
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 12TH AUGUST 1998 AS AMENDED 20 AUGUST 2007.
Companies House
Company number 03613999 · Active
Contact on the register
02084606712 · info@advocacyfirst.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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