ADAPT (NORTH EAST)
Registered charity 1072632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A.D.A.P.T., ACTION BY DIFFERENTLY ABLED PEOPLE IN TYNEDALE (A.D.A.P.T.)
To improve the quality of life for disabled and disadvantaged people
Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £63,442 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £593,891. The trustees note that free reserves of £119,835 are below their stated policy target of not less than 45% of core costs, and they plan to increase reserves by maintaining operating surpluses. Despite the deficit, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £120k; policy: not less than 45% of the core costs)
“As at 31 March 2025 reserves are below this target.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: A trustee's family received a hardship grant of £600 from a Social Prescribing referral.
“During the year 1 trustee's family received a hardship grant of £600 from a Social Prescribing referral.” — page 27
“Expenses for trustee's offering volunteering service of £180 was paid during the year.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Expenses for a trustee's volunteering service of £180 were paid.
“During the year 1 trustee's family received a hardship grant of £600 from a Social Prescribing referral.” — page 27
“Expenses for trustee's offering volunteering service of £180 was paid during the year.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Liz Prudhoe — Director (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).
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.
- CLARKE, George Dennis — director, appointed 31/12/2023on trustee list
- OSTLER, Mavis Anne — director, appointed 06/09/2017on trustee list
- BISHOP, Anne Marie — director, appointed 09/06/2010not on trustee list
- HERSHON, Lorraine — director, appointed 06/03/2006on trustee list
- STEVENSON, Anita Louise — director, appointed 03/10/2005on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £250k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£94k
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (83% 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: 9.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- LORRAINE HERSHONchair
- ANITA STEVENSON
- ANNIE BISHOP
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Durham · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ADAPT (NORTH EAST) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £63,442 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £593,891. The trustees note that free reserves of £119,835 are below their stated policy target of not less than 45% of core costs, and they plan to increase reserves by maintaining operating surpluses. Despite the deficit, the trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.
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