ACTION ON DISABILITY

Registered charity 1091518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HAFAD (HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM ACTION ON DISABILITY)

Action on Disability's main activity as a charitable company by guarantee is to promote equality of opportunity in the community for all disabled people.This is done through the delivery of high quality services, influencing local and national policy and the removal of barriers to full participation in society.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a small surplus and holds unrestricted general funds of £315,506. This level of free reserves is just below the trustees' stated policy target of 25% of annual expenditure (or three months of running costs), which would require £334,275. The trustees confirm that the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties about its ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from Under £60,000 (FY2025) to Over £60,000 (FY2026).
• Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2025) → 1 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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

Funders the charity credits

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

• Julia Rausing Trust — “Julia Rausing Trust – supported internship and follow up project” (source page)
• John Lyons Charity — “John Lyons Charity – core youth service” (source page)
• Hammersmith & Fulham Council — “Hammersmith & Fulham Council – co-production and disability equality programme” (source page)
• Young H&F Foundation — “Young H&F Foundation – youth partnership work” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sharon Shoesmithchair
• Donna Fenner
• Dr Sos Grigorian
• Jack Hill
• KATE BETTERIDGE
• Mustafa Karim
• Naomi Key-Field
• Roger Smith
• Thomas Butler

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

Operates in: Brent · City Of Westminster · Hammersmith And Fulham · Hillingdon · Hounslow · Kensington And Chelsea · Kingston Upon Thames · Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DISABILITY ACTION HARINGEY.

• DISABILITY ACTION HARINGEY income £480k
• MS ACTION LIMITED income £355k
• ACTION ON DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT income £3.5m
• CAMDEN DISABILITY ACTION income £592k
• DARLINGTON ASSOCIATION ON DISABILITY income £2.1m
• DISABILITY CAN DO income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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