Disability Assist for Independent Living
Registered charity 1107079 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING KENT LIMITED, CILK
Disability Assist for Independent Living provides and promotes enabling independent living services to disabled people in Kent and Medway. It offers advocacy, peer support, advice, information and a range of support and assistance services which facilitate their independence as full and equal citizens in all aspects of life and the wider community.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £10,232 and held unrestricted reserves of £103,903 (calculated as unrestricted funds less fixed assets) at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the charity is dependent on external funding which cannot be guaranteed, but confirm that sufficient reserves are held to cover a period of three to six months of operation should funding cease. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were inaccurate or non-compliant.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months (held: £104k)
“The Board of Trustees deem that it is necessary to ensure that Disability Assist has sufficient reserves to continue to operate for a period of three to six months should all funding cease.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- CLIVE BASSANTchair
- Bojan Koltaj
- CHRISTOPHER WISE
- Hannah Elizabeth Tutt
- Helen Joy Greenard
- Natalie Marguerite Jessica-Ann Eacersall
- Piers Kenneth Anscomb
- Sonia Jannette Weaver-Mallion
- VICTORIA GRACE CHITTENDEN
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Kent · Medway
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Disability Assist for Independent Living financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an unrestricted surplus of £10,232 and held unrestricted reserves of £103,903 (calculated as unrestricted funds less fixed assets) at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the charity is dependent on external funding which cannot be guaranteed, but confirm that sufficient reserves are held to cover a period of three to six months of operation should funding cease. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were inaccurate or non-compliant. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds Disability Assist for Independent Living?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Disability Assist for Independent Living as a grant recipient include THE COLYER-FERGUSSON CHARITABLE TRUST.
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