SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT DISABLEMENT ACTION GROUP

Registered charity 703172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D A G, SCARBOROUGH & DISTRICT DAG, THE DISABLEMENT ACTION GROUP SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT

Scarborough DAG is run by disabled people for disabled people, carers and those with an interest in disability. The group offers a comprehensive information and advice service covering benefits, access, discrimination, employment, holidays, leisure etc. The service is provided for people who live in the area of Scarborough and District.

Objects

(A) TO BENEFIT THOSE PERSONS IN THE SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT AREA WHO ARE SUBSTANTIALLY AND OR PERMANENTLY DISABLED BY PROVIDING, OR ENCOURAGING THE PROVISION OF SERVICES WHICH FACILITATE INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY LIVING ACTIVITIES ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN AND FULL INTEGRAION INTO SOCIETY. (B) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF ALL DISABLED PERSONS WITHIN THE AREA BENEFIT AND TO ASSIST THOSE PERSONS BY THE PROVISION OF A DIRECT INFORMATION AND ADVICE SERVICE.

Area of benefit: SCARBOROUGH AND DISTRICT.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity relies on donations and grants, with restricted funds planned to cover projected costs. The trustees maintain sufficient reserves to cover estimated redundancy costs, though they explicitly state they do not have a formal reserves policy at present. The independent examiner's report is present, indicating the accounts have been examined.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN WHITFIELDchair
• Caroline Hill
• Diane Tymon
• Holly Bennett
• Judith Bramham
• PAUL MARR
• Philip Mort
• Shirley Helen Lees

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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