South Essex Advocacy Services
Registered charity 1164092 CIO Registered since 2015
Operates: Southend-on-sea, Essex
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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.
4 trustees on the board
- Paula Whittle Chair since 2022
- Keith Davidson since 2022
- Marcia Carr since 2022
- Nirmal Gupta MBE since 2022
4y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.5y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Keith Davidson since 2022
- Marcia Carr since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Paula Whittle Chair since 2022
- Nirmal Gupta MBE since 2022
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
General Charitable Purposes 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Disability 3Education/training 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Education 5Other services 4Tech and media 1
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£411k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Southend on SEA Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau 1 shared trustee
- Citizens Advice Essex Limited 1 shared trustee
- Essex Asian Womens Association 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Staples Trust Similar size; both Human rights
- Restore Church Boston Similar size; both Human rights
- Bolton Council of Mosques Similar size; both Human rights
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.southessexadvocacy.org |
| paula.blundell@southessexadvocacy.org | |
| Phone | 01702340566 |
| Address | UNIT 2, 225-235 WEST ROAD, WESTCLIFFE-ON-SEA, ESSEX, SS0 9DE |
Finances
£411,464 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £332,575 | £351,194 |
| 2022 | £422,051 | £352,225 |
| 2023 | £389,062 | £344,361 |
| 2024 | £367,407 | £357,166 |
| 2025 | £411,464 | £376,073 |
What it does
What
General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable PurposesWho
Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Provides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY, WITHIN THE SOUTH EAST ESSEX AREA BY THE PROVISION OF AN ADVOCACY SERVICE, GOODS OR SERVICES.
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 23 OCT 2015AMENDED ON 14 DEC 2017
Trustees (4)
4trustees
73median age
2aged 70+
- Paula Whittleage band 75-79 Chair since 2022
- Keith Davidsonage band 70-74 since 2022
- Marcia Carr since 2022
- Nirmal Gupta MBE since 2022
Connected charities (3)
- Essex Asian Womens Association 1 shared trustee
- Southend on SEA Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau 1 shared trustee
- Citizens Advice Essex Limited 1 shared trustee
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