ASIST

Registered charity 1048075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of independent advocacy to persons with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, and/or mental health issues. The service includes generic, specialist and self advocacy projects.

Objects

THE HELP AND RELIEF OF THE SICK, PEOPLE WITH A MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, THE DISABLED AND OLD PEOPLE AND SUCH OTHER PEOPLE NEEDING HELP FROM THE EFFECTS OF THEIR DISABILITIES BY ENABLING THEM ALL TO HAVE ACCESS TO A PERSONAL ADVOCATE TO ASSIST THEM IN ARTICULATING THEIR NEEDS AND RESPONSES WHEN FACED WITH SUCH AGENCIES AS SOCIAL SERVICES, HEALTH, SOCIAL SECURITY, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS OF A SIMILAR NATURE.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £135,425 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing to £1,353,705. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves at year-end were £753,991, and the trustees consider the current level of free reserves sufficient for working capital requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Geens Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Susan Cheryl Readchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Barbara Martin
• Jeremy Boughey
• Judi Thorley
• MARK STEVEN GRAINGER ASHTON
• Michael Creek · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Disability Assist for Independent Living.

• Disability Assist for Independent Living income £278k
• ONSIDE INDEPENDENT ADVOCACY income £3.7m
• ADVOCACY FOR ALL income £1.4m
• ADULTS SUPPORTING ADULTS (ASA LINCS) income £1.2m
• THE ASSIST FUND income £1.1m
• ADVOCACY FOCUS income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

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