Registered charity · Accrington
Advocacy Focus
Advocacy Focus is a registered charity (number 1086151) based in Accrington, governed by 7 trustees. Latest income £2.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as East Lancs Advocacy (Charity Commission)
4 The charity?s objects (?Objects?) are specifically restricted to the following:For the public benefit, the relief and assistance of people who are disadvantaged by illness, disability, age, sexual orientation or social exclusion within England,...
- 7 trustees
- Income £2.6m (2025)
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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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Lancashire, Trafford, St Helens, Salford City
- Website
- www.advocacyfocus.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Advocacy Focus
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.6m£2.7m
- 2024£2.5m£2.4m
- 2023£2.1m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.9m
- 2021£1.7m£1.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 89% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4 The charity?s objects (?Objects?) are specifically restricted to the following:For the public benefit, the relief and assistance of people who are disadvantaged by illness, disability, age, sexual orientation or social exclusion within England, via the provision, promotion and accessibility of high quality independent advocacy and its associated services. The charity will promote wider social inclusion for the public benefit, by supporting and enabling people to represent themselves in health and social care matters, obtain appropriate services and increase their life quality and choices.
Grants received
4 grants · £305,757 total360Giving 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 · £305,757 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Christopher Lintern since 2020
- Denise Bond
- Dean Rodgers since 2018
- Karen Maria Christie since 2023
- Paul Stephen Carroll since 2023
- Samantha Marie Meadows since 2005
- Stuart John Stokes since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Christopher Lintern since 2020
- Dean Rodgers since 2018
- Samantha Marie Meadows since 2005
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christopher Lintern since 2020
- Denise Bond
- Dean Rodgers since 2018
- Karen Maria Christie since 2023
- Paul Stephen Carroll since 2023
- Samantha Marie Meadows since 2005
- Stuart John Stokes since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1086151
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/01/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/06/2012NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 11/06/2012AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 16/08/2015 as amended on 08 Oct 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 04135225 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03003230965 · admin@advocacyfocus.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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