Registered charity · Leeds
Advonet
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Cllr Peter John GruenTrustee · since 2018
- Ivan NIPTrustee · since 2012
- Jodie ChampaneriaTrustee · since 2024
- Keith KirwinTrustee · since 2025
- Kirti TandelTrustee · since 2015
- Nick StoneTrustee · since 2025
- Nicola NicholsonTrustee · since 2025
- Ralph PorterTrustee · since 2012
- Reinhard BeckTrustee · since 2012
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Leeds City, Kirklees
- Website
- www.advonet.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Advonet
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.1m£2.3m
- 2024£2.2m£2.3m
- 2023£2.1m£2.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.1m£2.1m
- 2021£1.9m£1.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 70% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, CULTURE, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, AGE OR DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROMOTING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF ADVOCACY PRACTICE;B) SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVOCACY SERVICES;C) THE PROVISION OF A CONTACT POINT FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED ADVOCACY SUPPORT OR HELP;D) THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY SERVICES IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND;E) THE DEVELOPMENT, CO-ORDINATION AND FACILITATION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION ON ADVOCACY AND ISSUES RELEVANT TO ADVOCACY.F) THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF GOOD PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR ADVOCACY.
Grants received
10 grants · £1,120,365 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 · £577,338 (4 grants)
- Comic Relief · £424,436
- Leeds Community Foundation · £87,619 (4 grants)
- Cabinet Office · £30,972
Most recent
- 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.
9 trustees on the board
- Cllr Peter John Gruen since 2018
- Ivan NIP since 2012
- Jodie Champaneria since 2024
- Keith Kirwin since 2025
- Kirti Tandel since 2015
- Nick Stone since 2025
- Nicola Nicholson since 2025
- Ralph Porter since 2012
- Reinhard Beck since 2012
Trustees past 6 years
- Cllr Peter John Gruen since 2018
- Ivan NIP since 2012
- Kirti Tandel since 2015
- Ralph Porter since 2012
- Reinhard Beck since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Cllr Peter John Gruen since 2018
- Ivan NIP since 2012
- Jodie Champaneria since 2024
- Keith Kirwin since 2025
- Kirti Tandel since 2015
- Nick Stone since 2025
- Nicola Nicholson since 2025
- Ralph Porter since 2012
- Reinhard Beck since 2012
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1126132
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 as amended on 08 Dec 2020 as amended on 12 Sep 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 04229975 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01132440606 · office@advonet.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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