The Advocacy People

Registered charity 1080679 Registered since 2000

Operates: Throughout England, Scotland

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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.

7 trustees on the board

Elena Raluca Nistor-Lustermans Chair since 2021
Alison Solemani since 2020
Dr Niamh Lennox-Chhugani since 2024
Irene Bews since 2019
Neil Tarbit since 2024
Sutin Yang since 2021
TIM O'Brien since 2018

5y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Alison Solemani since 2020
Irene Bews since 2019
TIM O'Brien since 2018

6.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Elena Raluca Nistor-Lustermans Chair since 2021
Dr Niamh Lennox-Chhugani since 2024
Irene Bews since 2019
Neil Tarbit since 2024
Sutin Yang since 2021
TIM O'Brien since 2018

Portfolio (1)

Alison Solemani since 2020

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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 5Arts and leisure 1

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£6.0m 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.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

188 from 163 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.

99%

Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Park Road Under Fives 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Citizens Advice North Staffordshire LTD Similar size; both Disability
ST Michael's Hospice(North Hampshire) Similar size; both Disability
Headway - the Brain Injury Association Similar size; both Disability
Royal School for the Deaf Derby Similar size; both Disability
Vision Enhancement Services Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.theadvocacypeople.org.uk
Email	info@theadvocacypeople.org.uk
Phone	03304409000
Address	Rock House, 49-51 Cambridge Road, HASTINGS, East Sussex, TN34 1DT

Finances

£6,018,335 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£4,699,152	£4,514,025
2022	£5,037,602	£4,781,570
2023	£5,366,908	£5,352,905
2024	£6,277,676	£5,846,845
2025	£6,018,335	£6,166,624

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, YOUTH, DISABILITY, ILL-HEALTH OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EFFECTIVE ADVOCACY SERVICES IN ENGLAND.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3 APRIL 2000 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS OF 11 JULY 2000, 27 JANUARY 2006, 5 OCTOBER 2007 AND 30 DECEMBER 2008. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 2010. as amended on 05 Dec 2019 as amended on 23 Jun 2023

Trustees (7)

7trustees

47median age

0aged 70+

Elena Raluca Nistor-Lustermansage band 45-49 Chair since 2021
Alison Solemaniage band 65-69 since 2020
Dr Niamh Lennox-Chhugani since 2024
Irene Bewsage band 60-64 since 2019
Neil Tarbitage band 45-49 since 2024
Sutin Yangage band 45-49 since 2021
TIM O'Brien since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

The Advocacy People · 03963421 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 03/04/2000

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Park Road Under Fives 1 shared trustee

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