East Midlands Asbestos Support Team

Registered charity 1186006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAST, DERBYSHIRE ASBESTOS SUPPORT TEAM

We help and support anyone with an asbestos related disease. We support people throughout the East Midlands as well as Burton on Trent and Peterborough. We offer advice and support with welfare benefits uptake including the Government Compensation Schemes. We offer advice about making a civil claim. As well as acting as a support group. We also offer bereavement support.

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Latest income
£158k
Latest spending
£173k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept as required and that the accounts accorded with those records, with no other matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire · Northamptonshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£158k£173k
31/03/2024£171k£198k
31/03/2023£161k£231k
31/03/2022£193k£190k
31/03/2021£427k£152k

Common questions

Is East Midlands Asbestos Support Team financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit. The examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept as required and that the accounts accorded with those records, with no other matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/01/2023£2kCaring for Asbestos Disease Carers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/10/2020£800Asbestos - Real and Present Danger
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2020£500Our Stories
The National Lottery Community Fund26/11/2018£99kTogether Against Asbestos
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/10/2015£4k"Our Asbestos Heritage"