ADULTS SUPPORTING ADULTS (ASA LINCS)
Registered charity 1103725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADULTS SUPPORTING ADULTS
SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF ADULTS WHO ARE VUNERABLE AS A RESULT OF DISABILITY, AGE OR LIVED EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND TO PROVIDE FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE AN INDEPENDENT AND SOCIALLY INCLUSIVE LIFESTYLE.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £420,795, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £49,600 for the year, with total income exceeding charitable expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three and six month's expenditure (held: £421k)
“It is the policy of ASA that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Forrester Boyd Robson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Stephen Johnson — Managing Director (source)
- Keith Phillips — Chair (source)
- Niall Armstrong — Vice Chair (source)
- Nigel Horner — Director (source)
- Howard Sanders — Director (source)
- Nigel Dickens — Director (source)
- Olivia Armstrong — 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.
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.
- WHEELWRIGHT, Elizabeth — director, appointed 26/06/2023on trustee list
- O'NEILL, Olivia — director, appointed 06/12/2019not on trustee list
- SANDERS, Howard John — director, appointed 11/01/2010on trustee list
- HORNER, Nigel James Linford — director, appointed 14/09/2009on trustee list
- PHILLIPS, Keith — director, appointed 17/01/2008on trustee list
- ARMSTRONG, Niall — director, appointed 12/06/2007on trustee list
Official officers record.
CQC provider record: Adults Supporting Adults (ASA Shared Lives) — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 22/10/2015.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
CQC provider record: Adults Supporting Adults (ASA Shared Lives) — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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).
- KEITH PHILLIPSchair
- Elizabeth Wheelwright
- HOWARD SANDERS
- NIALL ARMSTRONG
- NIGEL HORNER
- Olivia Armstrong
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Riding Of Yorkshire · Lincolnshire · Norfolk · North East Lincolnshire · Nottinghamshire · Peterborough City · Rutland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ADULTS SUPPORTING ADULTS (ASA LINCS) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £420,795, which the trustees consider to be within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £49,600 for the year, with total income exceeding charitable expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Forrester Boyd Robson Limited.
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