Disability Assist for Independent Living

Charity number: 1107079
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Disability Assist for Independent Living provides and promotes enabling independent living services to disabled people in Kent and Medway. It offers advocacy, peer support, advice, information and a range of support and assistance services which facilitate their independence as full and equal citizens in all aspects of life and the wider community.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2025

Total income: £278,483
Total expenditure: £264,994

Total income includes £155,000 from 1 government contract(s) and £24,318 from 3 government grant(s)

People

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Kent
  • Medway

Governance

Registration history:
  • 01 December 2004: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CILK (Working name)
  • CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING KENT LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
04854897 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
CLIVE BASSANT Chair 21 October 2021
None on record
Bojan Koltaj Trustee 17 September 2025
None on record
Natalie Marguerite Jessica-Ann Eacersall Trustee 23 July 2025
None on record
Helen Joy Greenard Trustee 23 July 2025
None on record
Piers Kenneth Anscomb Trustee 23 July 2025
None on record
Dr Andrew Robertson Trustee 30 July 2019
MAYAS COMMUNITY SUPPORT CENTRE
Recently registered
Sonia Jannette Weaver-Mallion Trustee 08 September 2016
None on record
Hannah Elizabeth Tutt Trustee 30 September 2013
None on record
VICTORIA GRACE CHITTENDEN Trustee
None on record
CHRISTOPHER WISE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024 31/03/2025
Total gross income £176.34k £143.50k £246.54k £266.87k £278.48k
Total expenditure £128.60k £171.55k £283.04k £262.32k £264.99k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A £148.62k £148.62k £155.00k
Income from government grants £80.91k £86.01k £45.75k £30.03k £24.32k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2025 05 December 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2025 05 December 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2024 21 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 21 January 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 29 January 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 26 January 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 26 January 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 08 August 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 08 August 2021 On time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 AUGUST 2003 AS AMENDED 28 OCTOBER 2004 AND 21 MARCH 2007 as amended on 29 Mar 2022

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE ENABLING INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES DIRECT TO DISABLED PEOPLE RESIDENT PRIMARILY , BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF KENT BY THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY, PEER SUPPORT, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND OTHER SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES WHICH FACILITATE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AS FULL AND EQUAL CITIZENS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT.

Contact information

Address:
Disability Assist
Maidstone Innovation Centre
Gibbs Pond Way
Kent Medical Campus
ME14 5FY
Phone:
01233633187
Email:
info@disabilityassist.org.uk
Website:

www.disabilityassist.org.uk Open in new window