Registered charity · London
Mental Disability Advocacy Centre
- 9 trustees
- Income £11k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Victoria MacdonaldChair · since 2016
- Anthony BusserTrustee · since 2019
- Daniel William BirdTrustee · since 2020
- Diana Beth SamarasanTrustee · since 2024
- Dr George JulianTrustee · since 2019
- Edwin Bruce RekoshTrustee · since 2016
- Jean BarclayTrustee · since 2016
- Lamin Brima Ray KhadarTrustee · since 2020
- Michael Z BienenfeldTrustee · since 2014
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.validity.ngo (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Mental Disability Advocacy Centre
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£11k£22k
- 2024£23k£350
- 2023£21k£53k
Earlier years
- 2022£36k£53k
- 2021£41k£54k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
3. 1 TO PROMOTE THE HUMAN RIGHTS ( AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATION AND OTHER RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS) OR PEOPLE WITH PSYCHO-SOCIAL (MENTAL HEALTH ) DISABILITIES AND/OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS; (1) MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS; (2) OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; (3) RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; (4) RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; (5) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; (6) PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS AND ISSUES OF MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; (7) CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAW RELATING TO HUMAN RIGHTS, MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; (8) COMMENTING ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION; (9) RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES ISSUES; (10) PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; (11) PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; (12) INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS; (13) ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.3.2 TO ASSIST IN RELIEVING CHARITABLE NEED AMONG PEOPLE WITH PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND/OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES BY PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND INTEGRATION WITH THE COMMUNITY FOR SUCH PEOPLE, AND BY OTHER SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Victoria Macdonald Chair since 2016
- Anthony Busser since 2019
- Daniel William Bird since 2020
- Diana Beth Samarasan since 2024
- Dr George Julian since 2019
- Edwin Bruce Rekosh since 2016
- Jean Barclay since 2016
- Lamin Brima Ray Khadar since 2020
- Michael Z Bienenfeld since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- Victoria Macdonald Chair since 2016
- Anthony Busser since 2019
- Daniel William Bird since 2020
- Dr George Julian since 2019
- Edwin Bruce Rekosh since 2016
- Jean Barclay since 2016
- Lamin Brima Ray Khadar since 2020
- Michael Z Bienenfeld since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Victoria Macdonald Chair since 2016
- Anthony Busser since 2019
- Diana Beth Samarasan since 2024
- Dr George Julian since 2019
- Edwin Bruce Rekosh since 2016
- Jean Barclay since 2016
- Lamin Brima Ray Khadar since 2020
- Michael Z Bienenfeld since 2014
Portfolio (1)
- Daniel William Bird since 2020
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1124016
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/05/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/07/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/08/2015
- Companies House
- Company number 06240151 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07930570095 · msjeanbarclay@gmail.com
- 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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