Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon
Dash provides information and advice to disabled people in the London Borough of Hillingdon enabling them to make choices about how they live their lives. Dash also runs a number of activities and sports sessions.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reports total unrestricted reserves of £200,072, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' administration and support costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified, and the charity achieved a surplus for the year.
What the accounts disclose
“Charitable Activities 3c 289,021 12,284 401,505 389,960” — page 21
“The trustees consider that it is appropriate that free reserves that are undesignated should be sufficient to cover 3 months administration and support costs.”
Trustees
- Angela Parkins
- Deborah Geraldine Kirman
- Grace Adjekum
- Ian Diamant
- Peter Douglas Shackleton
- Yvonne Veronica Witter
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £499k | £451k |
| 31/03/2024 | £446k | £423k |
| 31/03/2023 | £398k | £395k |
| 31/03/2022 | £365k | £368k |
| 31/03/2021 | £386k | £348k |
Common questions
Is Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports total unrestricted reserves of £200,072, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' administration and support costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified, and the charity achieved a surplus for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon as a grant recipient include SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST, LONDON CATALYST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme |
| LONDON CATALYST | FY2025 | £1k | Hardship grant. |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 17/07/2024 | £211k | Advocate; Advise; Empower |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/12/2023 | £20k | Wheelchair skills - communities reaching potential |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/08/2023 | £32k | Civil Society Roots 3 capacity building |
| City Bridge Foundation | 17/08/2022 | £75k | Grant to Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 12/08/2021 | £190k | Advocate Advise Empower |
| City Bridge Foundation | 07/09/2018 | £120k | Grant to Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 22/06/2018 | £10k | Slipping through the net. |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 14/12/2016 | £10k | Disability Does Not Mean Inability - User Groups Shaping Our Future |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/08/2016 | £5k | Disability Does Not Mean Inability - Celebrating Success! |
| Sport England | 13/07/2016 | £6k | Seated Football 'Keep on Kicking' |
| Sport England | 12/01/2016 | £3k | Developing on disability - Football |
| City Bridge Foundation | 15/05/2014 | £90k | Grant to Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon |
| Sport England | 05/11/2013 | £10k | Football for the Future |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 02/02/2012 | £8k | DASH Disability Sunday Activity Sessions |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/04/2009 | £135k | Cohesion |
| City Bridge Foundation | 25/11/2008 | £122k | Grant to Disability Advice and Support Hillingdon |