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Advocacy Support in Cymru LTD

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £2.4m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
Where
Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff and more
Website
www.ascymru.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Advocacy Support in Cymru LTD
Registered
2011

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.4m£2.1m
  • 2024£1.9m£1.7m
  • 2023£1.9m£1.7m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.8m£1.7m
  • 2021£1.8m£1.6m
Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: (1) TO PROMOTE A PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY SERVICE WITHIN SOUTH WALES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, ADVISORY AND SPECIALIST SUPPORT SERVICES TO THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY, SOCIALLY AND PHYSICALLY VULNERABLE; (2) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING TRAINING, EDUCATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES TO SUCH PERSONS OR TO CARERS AND ORGANISATIONS WHO SUPPORT THEM; (3) TO PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF SUCH PERSONS BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

3 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 3Business services 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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£2.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

9.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.9 in 2021

52 from 45 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1141999
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/02/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 03/02/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24 NOV 2017
Companies House
Company number 07524059 · Active
Contact on the register
02920540444 · info@ascymru.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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