Registered charity 1208150

Voices Adfocad

What it does

VOICES ADFOCAD operates across Wales to promote and advocate for the rights of Unpaid Carers.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

1. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF CARERS IN WALES BY PROVIDING PEER AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, INFORMATION, AND ADVOCACY TO CARERS AND BY RAISING AWARENESS TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE ROLE OF UNPAID CARERS, THEIR RIGHTS, AND THE IMPACT ON THEIR HEALTH. 2. THE RELIEF OF THE NEEDS OF UNPAID CARERS IN WALES, BY PROVIDING PEER SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, INFORMATION, AND EDUCATION AIMED AT IMPROVING THEIR WELLBEING AND WELFARE. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BYWHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Economic and community development, and employment
Human rights, equality and diversity
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
Other defined groups
How it works: Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Throughout Wales

Area of benefit in its governing document: Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 January 2025, it had income of £4,999 and spent £9,722.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 January 2025	£4,999	£9,722	Not reported	3

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was 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.

Spending against income: It spent 194% of its income in the year to 31 January 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 January 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £20,000, awarded in 2025.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
29 Jul 2025	The National Lottery Community FundCare in Conversation	£20,000

Trustees

3 trustees run the charity.

Stephen David ReynoldsChairAppointed 7 May 2024
Michael Peter O'BrienAppointed 7 May 2024
Roberta Jo-Anne HaarhoffAppointed 7 May 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 January 2025	30 November 2025	Received 31 May 2025, 183 days early	Received 22 October 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1208150
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 7 May 2024
Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 07 May 2024
Website: www.voices.walesAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

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.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 January 2025

£4,999

£9,722

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

29 Jul 2025

The National Lottery Community FundCare in Conversation

£20,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 January 2025

30 November 2025

Received 31 May 2025, 183 days early

Received 22 October 2025