THE DISABILITY ADVICE PROJECT

Registered charity 1156176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAP

The charity provides high quality, independent, specialist advice, advocacy and information for disabled people, their families and carers enabling greater choice and improvement in their quality of life. This is achieved by, amongst others, undertaking benefit checks, representation at tribunals, disability awareness training, access auditing, life coaching and opportunities for further learning.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES INCLUDING THOSE WITH CHRONIC DISEASE OR LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS AND THEIR CARERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY INDEPENDENT SPECIALIST ADVICE, ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds increased to £2,000 from £1,800 in the prior year. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of preparation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Rhodes. Discloses 4 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/11/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anna Deverill-Smith
• BEVERLEY MARY FORD
• Pauline Jones
• Steven Earry Harniman

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Torfaen

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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