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Registered charity · London

Voiceability Advocacy

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £16m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Matthew Smith.

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.voiceability.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Voiceability Advocacy
Registered
1999

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£16m£15m
  • 2024£14m£15m
  • 2023£11m£12m
Earlier years
  • 2022£11m£10m
  • 2021£10m£10m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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

Charitable objects

A) TO RELIEVE AND SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY SERVICES AND PROJECTS. B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESC) TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Grants received

13 grants · £1,690,080 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 · £1,675,280 (12 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £14,800

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,5002013-11-20
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £344,1532009-03-17
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £4,9682008-10-14
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £155,1282008-01-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002007-06-28
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.

10 trustees on the board

2.2y median 1.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 10Education/training 9Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 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 6Professional services 2Tech and media 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£15.9m latest income
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.

1.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 2.9 in 2021

481 from 310 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1076630
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 JUN 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JUL 1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 MAY 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 JUL 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 AUG 2006AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10 OCT 2010
Companies House
Company number 03798884 · Active
Contact on the register
03003031660 · helpline@voiceability.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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