Gwasanaeth Adfocatiaeth a Chynghori Gogledd Cymru'
What it does
To promote and provide advice and advocacy for people dacing disadvantage through disability, illness, age or social exclusion, who live, in particular but not exclusively, in North Wales.
Its charitable purposes
TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ALL PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL DISABILITY WITHIN THE COUNTIES OF ANGLESEY, GWYNEDD, DENBIGHSHIRE AND FLINTSHIRE AND THE COUNTY BOROUGHS OF CONWY AND WREXHAM AND TO ASSIST THOSE PERSONS TO OVERCOME THE DISABILITIES ATTENDANT UPON THE HANDICAP BY THE PROVISION OF A SERVICE CALCULATED TO ASSIST THEM TO OBTAIN THEIR FULL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS CITIZENS AND TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AND AS NORMALLY AS POSSIBLE
Causes
- What it works on
- Health and saving lives
- Disability
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Older people
- Disabled people
- How it works
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- In Wales
- Conwy
- Isle of Anglesey
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Wrexham
- Gwynedd
- Elsewhere
- Staffordshire
- Liverpool City
- Wigan
- Wirral
Area of benefit in its governing document: Counties of Anglesey, Gwynedd, Denbighshire, Flintshire and County Boroughs of Conwy and Wrexham
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £371,245 and spent £370,017.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £371,245 | £370,017 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £468,671 | £409,580 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £411,945 | £354,661 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £452,287 | £392,438 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £471,073 | £384,673 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Down 21%, from £471,073 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £371,245 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 100% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: £284,290 from 7 contracts.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | Not reported | £284,290 from 7 contracts |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | £393,482 from 10 contracts |
| 31 March 2023 | Not reported | £357,166 from 13 contracts |
| 31 March 2022 | Not reported | £369,125 from 11 contracts |
| 31 March 2021 | Not reported | £410,947 from 14 contracts |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
Funders that publish to 360Giving list 2 grants to this charity since 2010, worth at least £10,300.
| Awarded | Grant | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2018 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £3,000 |
| 19 May 2010 | Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales | £7,300 |
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Emlyn Penant ThomasChair
- Betty Helena Williams
- Deborah Tebbutt
- Jenny Rose Basa
- Michael HART
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 6 January 2026, 25 days early | Received 6 January 2026 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 16 December 2024, 46 days early | Received 16 December 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 7 March 2024, 36 days late | Received 7 March 2024 |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 6 January 2023, 25 days early | Received 6 January 2023 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 15 January 2022, 16 days early | Received 15 January 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1060826
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 19 February 1997
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 JANUARY 1997
- Company number
- 03308387This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.nwaaa.cymru
- Council area of its contact address
- Gwynedd
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.