Registered charity · London
Advance Advocacy and NON-Violence Community Education
To provide information, support, advice and advocacy to persons, with particular focus on women and children, who experience or who are likely to be affected by domestic violence or other forms of violence against women and to women involved in the...
- 16 trustees
- Income £9.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Abundance TemileTrustee · since 2023
- Agata Paulina DziedzicTrustee · since 2026
- Anita HamiltonTrustee · since 2023
- Christine MullinTrustee · since 2016
- Dr Michael ShorttTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Susan EdwardsTrustee · since 2023
- Emily MidwoodTrustee · since 2015
- Geraldine Marion BergTrustee · since 2024
- Helen Elizabeth SoulsbyTrustee · since 2023
- Karthik MahadevanTrustee · since 2020
- Kate ParsleyTrustee · since 2019
- Ludovico GiannottiTrustee · since 2023
- Meeta LuthraTrustee · since 2023
- Tania BookallilTrustee · since 2025
- Tracey KingTrustee · since 2024
- Zain Abid YusufTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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UK7 - Contract Details Notice - KSS - Advancing Women
The Advancing Women service is for a cohort of women on probation who are willing but unable to engage in the Kent community rehabilitation service (CRS), Minerva. This service does not replicate the CRS provision and it is not for women wh…
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.advancecharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Advance Advocacy and NON-Violence Community Education
- Registered
- 2001
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£9.4m£9.0m
- 2024£8.2m£8.3m
- 2023£7.7m£7.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£6.5m£6.2m
- 2021£4.4m£4.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 84%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
To provide information, support, advice and advocacy to persons, with particular focus on women and children, who experience or who are likely to be affected by domestic violence or other forms of violence against women and to women involved in the criminal justice system;To promote and advance the safety, health and well-being of women and children who are at risk or who are vulnerable, or likely to become involved in the criminal justice system, or likely to be affected by violence and abuse;To promote equality between women and men and to advance education in issues relating to violence against women, including without limit, its causes, the relief of its consequences, and its prevention, for the benefit of individuals, agencies and the community; andTo undertake any other charitable purpose in relation to ending violence and abuse and helping those affected by violence and abuse.
Grants received
19 grants · £1,327,903 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 · £564,978 (4 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £184,000 (2 grants)
- The London Community Foundation · £183,346 (2 grants)
- Barrow Cadbury Trust · £150,000
- Henry Smith Foundation · £90,000
Most recent
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.
16 trustees on the board
- Abundance Temile since 2023
- Agata Paulina Dziedzic since 2026
- Anita Hamilton since 2023
- Christine Mullin since 2016
- Dr Michael Shortt since 2024
- Dr Susan Edwards since 2023
- Emily Midwood since 2015
- Geraldine Marion Berg since 2024
- Helen Elizabeth Soulsby since 2023
- Karthik Mahadevan since 2020
- Kate Parsley since 2019
- Ludovico Giannotti since 2023
- Meeta Luthra since 2023
- Tania Bookallil since 2025
- Tracey King since 2024
- Zain Abid Yusuf since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Christine Mullin since 2016
- Emily Midwood since 2015
- Karthik Mahadevan since 2020
- Kate Parsley since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Abundance Temile since 2023
- Agata Paulina Dziedzic since 2026
- Anita Hamilton since 2023
- Christine Mullin since 2016
- Dr Michael Shortt since 2024
- Emily Midwood since 2015
- Geraldine Marion Berg since 2024
- Helen Elizabeth Soulsby since 2023
- Karthik Mahadevan since 2020
- Kate Parsley since 2019
- Ludovico Giannotti since 2023
- Tania Bookallil since 2025
- Tracey King since 2024
- Zain Abid Yusuf since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Susan Edwards since 2023
- Meeta Luthra since 2023
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
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1086873
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4TH SEPTEMBER 2000, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 2ND MAY 2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/09/2015 as amended on 16 Aug 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 04064660 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02039533111 · admin@advancecharity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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