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The Advocacy People

Health & social · Hastings
SME

The Advocacy People is an independent charity that provides free and confidential advocacy services to help individuals express their views and make informed decisions regarding their health and social welfare.

theadvocacypeople.org.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£9.7m
Live
17
Buyers
17
12m
£3.0m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities4
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts17 / 26
  • Top buyers17
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — The Advocacy PeopleUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

The Advocacy People has won £9.7m across 17 public-sector buyers, with 17 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Southampton City Council at 20% · 100% in Health & social · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
17 of 26Live contracts
20%Top-buyer concentration
100%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

Jobs, skills, environmental, inequality and community commitments appear here once a claimed supplier attributes them to awarded contracts, or once we detect them on the supplier’s website.

ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Sectors served · 1/8
Central government✓
Local government✓
NHS & health✓
Housing✓
Utilities & energy✓
Financial services✓
Education✓
Defence✓
Services · 7
NHS Complaints AdvocacySupporting you if you have not had the service you expected from a service provided or paid for by the NHS. ↗Care Act AdvocacyMaking sure people have their say in how they are cared for and supported. ↗Community Peer and Citizen's AdvocacyGeneral advocacy support in and from the community. ↗HealthwatchHealthwatch is a local and national champion for health and social care services. ↗Litigation FriendSupporting people where there is a 21a challenge. ↗Mental Health AdvocacySupport for people who are under section in a hospital, secure unit or in the community. ↗Advocacy For People Who Lack CapacityFor people who have been assessed as lacking capacity to make certain decisions. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 4 from notices
  • Southampton Integrated Advocacy ServicesSouthampton City Council · £1.9m
  • Advocacy Service for Adults 2024North Somerset Council · £861k
  • Healthwatch Southend ServiceSouthend-on-sea Borough Council · £595k
  • AC0861Joint Advocacy ServicesWiltshire Council · —

Extracted automatically from theadvocacypeople.org.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships · 1

Credentials listed on the supplier’s website. Not yet checked against issuer registers.

◐ From supplier website
Core credentials · 0/6
Cyber EssentialsNot evidenced✓
Cyber Essentials PlusNot evidenced✓
ISO 27001 — Information securityNot evidenced✓
ISO 9001 — QualityNot evidenced✓
ISO 14001 — EnvironmentalNot evidenced✓
ISO 45001 — Health & safetyNot evidenced✓
Other credentials & memberships · 1
Quality Performance MarkNDTi · Standard

Extracted automatically from theadvocacypeople.org.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

Once buyers report contract KPIs — delivery on time, on budget, satisfaction, adoption and accessibility — a weighted grade and breakdown appear here.

Contracts · 17 live · 9 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
Lot 2 Integrated Statutory Advocacy Services
London Borough of Hillingdon—01 Apr 2026£1.7m5 yrspending
Independent Health and Social Care Advocacy for Adults
Bath and North East Somerset Council—01 Apr 2026£1.2m3 yrspending
Independent Health Complaints Advocacy
Buckinghamshire Council8500000001 Oct 2025£35k9 moClosed
Advocacy Service for Adults 2024
North Somerset Council8500000001 Jul 2024£861k6 yrsLive
Healthwatch in Somerset
Somerset Council8500000001 Apr 2024£1.5m3 yrsLive
Adult Advocacy Services - AWARD
Milton Keynes Council8530000001 Oct 2023£480k2 yrsClosed
Southampton Integrated Advocacy Services
Southampton City Council8500000001 Apr 2023£1.9m3 yrsClosed
Healthwatch Hampshire - AWARD
Hampshire County Council8500000001 Apr 2023£1.2m3 yrsClosed
Healthwatch Southend Service
Southend-on-sea Borough Council8500000001 Apr 2022£595k3 yrsClosed
AC0861Joint Advocacy Services
Wiltshire Council8500000001 Jul 2020—3 yrsClosed
Total live value £2.3m · mean award £373k1–10 of 26

Top buyers · 17 buyers · top 3 = 53%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Southampton City Council
2 contracts
20%
since 2023
2
London Borough of Hillingdon
2 contracts
18%
since 2026
3
Somerset Council
2 contracts
15%
since 2024
4
Bath and North East Somerset Council
2 contracts
13%
since 2025
5
Hampshire County Council
1 contract
13%
since 2023
6
North Somerset Council
2 contracts
9%
since 2024
7
Southend-on-sea Borough Council
1 contract
6%
since 2022
8
Milton Keynes Council
3 contracts
5%
since 2023
9
Torbay Council
1 contract
1%
since 2019
10
Buckinghamshire Council
1 contract
0%
since 2025

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 100%.

✓ From notices
Health & social85
100%
⚠ Concentration: 100% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
South East14 contracts
55%
South West9 contracts
38%
Eastern2 contracts
6%
London1 contract
0%

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). The Advocacy People highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SC
St Christopher’s Fellowship
Yes£59.0m1
FC
FOSTER CARE LINK LIMITED
Yes£59.0m1
OH
Optima Health UK Limited
No£29.4m1
IR
IFF Research
No£10.4m1
V1
Voyage 1 Limited trading as Voyage Care
No£6.2m1
TA
The Advocacy People
Yes£3.0m—
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 31 Mar 2025
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 14 Apr 2027
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

✓ From notices
±

No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

✓ Live sync

Registered details

Company no.
03963421
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Guarant Nsc Limited Exemption
Incorporated
03 Apr 2000
Reg. office
Rock House, 49-51 Cambridge Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1DT
SIC codes
96090
Last accounts
31 Mar 2025
Next accounts due
31 Dec 2026

Directors & PSC

  • LENNOX-CHHUGANI, Niamh, Dr — director
    Appointed 20 Sept 2024
  • TARBIT, Neil — director
    Appointed 20 Sept 2024
  • NISTOR-LUSTERMANS, Elena Raluca — director
    Appointed 26 Mar 2021
  • YANG, Sutin — director
    Appointed 26 Mar 2021
  • BEWS, Irene Anderson — director
    Appointed 28 Jun 2019
  • O'BRIEN, Tim — director
    Appointed 01 Oct 2018

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

↔ From Cos House
£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

↔ From Cos House
THE ADVOCACY PEOPLE
03963421 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.