01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC011560
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Wider, but within one local authority area
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- EH52 5LH
OSCR note: This SCIO was incorporated on 12 May 2015 as a result of a Change to SCIO application by Mental Health Advocacy Project (West Lothian), which was an Unincorporated Association registered as a Charity since 01 Jan 1992.
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
To provide advocacy services to adults with mental health and/or addiction issues. ensuring their voices are heard, providing face-to-face advocacy services throughout West Lothian to enable people to have influence over decisions affecting their life, meet their needs and protect their rights and interests. To be an independent service that speaks up for individuals and assists those with mental health and/or addiction problems to have a stronger voice with as much control as possible over their own lives. Provision of one-to-one advocacy: supporting individuals to represent their own views or representing the views if the person is unable to do this themself. Non-instructed advocacy,: supporting individuals who need an independent advocate but cannot express their views due to complex communication needs, long-term illness, or disability. Collective advocacy: providing collective opportunities to patients in IPCU & ward 17 of St John's hospital and in community.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the advancement of human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Other defined groups
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are to advance human rights, and to advance education and relief of need among vulnerable people in West Lothian and its environs, and particularly people who experience mental disorder, mental health issues, dementia, personality disorders, substance addiction or those people defined under mental health legislation, by promoting independent (that is, independent from all statutory, official and voluntary providers of services to the organisation’s client group), individual and collective advocacy services and advancing the education of the public about issues surrounding advocacy, by:
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2026 | £269,443 | £259,883 | 7 | 11 August 2026 |
| 31 March 2025 | £268,792 | £275,885 | 7 | 14 July 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | £270,622 | £274,431 | 7 | 31 October 2024 |
| 31 March 2023 | £285,369 | £290,162 | 7 | 12 October 2023 |
| 31 March 2022 | £289,963 | £271,387 | 7 | 31 October 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- Mental Health Resource Centre, 189a West Main Street, Broxburn, West Lothian
- Website supplied to OSCR
- www.mhapwl.org
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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