A4U

Registered charity 1092083 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DIAL SHROPSHIRE TELFORD & WREKIN LIMITED

Activities to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities and/or long term conditions by provision of advice, information and advocacy services for disabled people, their families and carers in Shropshire and its borders, enabling people with disabilities to improve choice and control over their lives, assist independent living and maximise financial wellbeing.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES BY THE PROVISION OF AN INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE AND TO ASSIST THOSE PEOPLE EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THEIR CARERS, RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND ADVOCATES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The provided document is a table of contents for the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 and does not contain specific financial data, reserves figures, or narrative commentary on financial health.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexandra Hiamchair
• Carol Louise Sneddon
• Catherine Susan Shaw
• David Scott Forsyth
• Helen Claire Crackett MBE DL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Olivia Richards

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

Operates in: Shropshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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