DISABILITY ARTS ONLINE

Registered charity 1180274 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAO

Disability Arts Online (DAO) is a disability-led arts organisation that occupies a unique global position with its UK-based website, social media network, commissioning and artist development programmes, partnership work, and vibrant community of disabled creatives.

Objects

1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE ARTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF DIGITALLY BASED AND OFFLINE SERVICES AND BY RAISING AWARENESS AND ENABLING ACCESS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE ARTS AND CUTURAL ACTIVITIES2)THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BYA)THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY; ANDB)CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

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

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brighton and Hove, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a modest surplus, having increased income by 28% to £489,966 while expenditure rose by 16% to £390,731. Unrestricted reserves stood at £198,307, which the trustees note is at the upper end of their target range of three to six months of operating costs. The trustees expressed confidence in the organisation's long-term financial viability and ability to continue meeting community needs.

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 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05788574

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.

• GRZEGORZEK, Rebecca Louise — director, appointed 28/11/2025on trustee list
• MURPHY, Rebecca Ellanor Ann — director, appointed 28/11/2025on trustee list
• BEATON, Heloise Kate — director, appointed 15/09/2023on trustee list
• HARRIS, Jonathan — director, appointed 15/09/2023on trustee list
• LAYWARD, Mike Barrie — director, appointed 15/09/2023on trustee list
• MORGAN, Elinor May — director, appointed 02/10/2021on trustee list
• FULLER, Stephanie Jane — director, appointed 23/07/2021on trustee list
• NI RIAIN, Ailís — director, appointed 23/07/2021not on trustee list
• QUEEN, Dennis, Mx — director, appointed 21/10/2018on trustee list
• DELL, Simon — director, appointed 21/10/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ailis Ni Riain
• Dennis Queen
• Elinor Morgan
• Heloise Kate Beaton
• Jonathan Harris
• Mike Layward
• Rebecca Ellanor Ann Murphy
• Rebecca Louise Grzegorzek
• Stephanie Jane Fuller

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DISABILITY ARTS IN SHROPSHIRE.

• DISABILITY ARTS IN SHROPSHIRE income £316k
• DISABILITY ARTS CYMRU income £305k
• ARCADEA CIO income £334k
• DISABILITY STOCKPORT CIO income £1.5m
• SUPERSTAR ARTS CIO income £454k
• OVO income £689k

Side by side with its peers

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