DISABILITY ACTION YORKSHIRE

Registered charity 1044373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

Delivers services that create opportunities for disabled people to live the lifestyle that they would choose. This includes residential care with training for independent living, home care and personal support, training in employability skills and holiday accommodation.

Objects

To enhance the health, welfare and social inclusion of disabled people, in particular by the provision of personal care and support, employment support and the promotion of equality, inclusion and accessibility

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE YORKSHIRE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £226,313, which was lower than the previous year's deficit despite delays in a supported housing scheme. The trustees report that free reserves of £524,839 are appropriate to cover the shortfall and ensure future financial viability. The auditors confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Thomas Coombs Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• IN PICTURES: 15 photos of guests enjoying ‘Dinner for David’ that raises over £8,000 for Disability Action Yorkshire harrogateadvertiser.co.uk · 03/07/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03013324

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Disability Action Yorkshire (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Jackie Snape — Chief Executive (source)
• Neil Revely — Chair of Trustees (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The A M Fenton Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust” (source page)
• North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee” (source page)
• Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Clothworkers’ Foundation — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The George A Moore Foundation — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Harry Bolland Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• Sylvia & Colin Shepherd Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Airways Foundation — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Inman Charity Trustees — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Charles Brotherton Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Coutts Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Cheridan Raithby Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Beatrice Laing Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)
• The Albert Hunt Charitable Trust — “Trusts The A M Fenton Trust North Yorkshire County Council Area Committee Leeds Building Society Charitable Trust The Clothworkers’ Founda…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• THOMPSON, Joanna Louise — director, appointed 27/10/2025on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Duncan Roderick Alan — director, appointed 25/09/2025on trustee list
• LEWIS, David Peter — director, appointed 02/06/2025on trustee list
• HEWSON, Charles Edward — director, appointed 02/06/2025on trustee list
• KERNAGHAN, Robert Andrew — director, appointed 05/04/2024on trustee list
• MCBAY, Peter David — director, appointed 28/07/2022on trustee list
• SIMISTER, Andrew James — director, appointed 28/07/2022on trustee list
• TWEEDY, Geoffrey Samuel Martin — director, appointed 06/08/2021on trustee list
• SNAPE, Jacqueline Mary — secretary, appointed 29/04/2009

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £125k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Disability Action Yorkshire — Registered, 7 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 09/12/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Disability Action Yorkshire: Good (19/08/2025) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Robert Andrew Kernaghanchair
• Andrew James Simister
• Charles Hewson
• Duncan Roderick Alan Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity
• Geoffrey Samuel Martin Tweedy
• Joanna Thompson
• Nicholas Fordham
• Peter David McBay

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PEOPLE IN ACTION (YORKSHIRE).

• PEOPLE IN ACTION (YORKSHIRE) income £1.3m
• ACTION DISABILITY KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA income £461k
• DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM income £3.5m
• STYLE ACRE income £12.7m
• CAMDEN DISABILITY ACTION income £592k
• Disability Support income £298k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.