Registered charity · London
Action on Disability
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.4m (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 3 more
- Where
- Brent, City Of Westminster, Hammersmith And Fulham, Hillingdon and more
- Website
- www.aod.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Action on Disability
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£1.4m£1.4m
- 2025£1.4m£1.4m
- 2024£1.4m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2023£1.1m£1.0m
- 2022£1.1m£907k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 22% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, CHOICE AND INDEPENDENCE BY REMOVING PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS TO INTEGRATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT OR LEARNING DISABILITY , OR WHO EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH DIFFICULTIES, THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, FACILITIES FOR RECREATION, EMPLOYMENT BASED ON THE ETHOS OF INDEPENDENT LIVING AND WHO RESIDE, WORK OR ARE UNDERGOING EDUCATIONAL OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM.B) TO FULFIL ANY OTHER OBJECT WHICH IS DEEMED WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE BY THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.
Grants received
23 grants · £1,945,117 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £643,507 (4 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £392,100 (3 grants)
- John Lyon's Charity · £385,600 (5 grants)
- Trust for London · £199,259 (3 grants)
- Sport England · £119,730 (2 grants)
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Sharon Shoesmith Chair since 2020
- Donna Fenner since 2023
- Dr Sos Grigorian since 2026
- Jack Hill since 2024
- Kate Betteridge since 2017
- Mustafa Karim since 2021
- Naomi Key-Field since 2023
- Roger Smith since 2026
- Thomas Butler since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Sharon Shoesmith Chair since 2020
- Kate Betteridge since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Sharon Shoesmith Chair since 2020
- Donna Fenner since 2023
- Dr Sos Grigorian since 2026
- Jack Hill since 2024
- Kate Betteridge since 2017
- Mustafa Karim since 2021
- Naomi Key-Field since 2023
- Roger Smith since 2026
- Thomas Butler since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1091518
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20/06/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/09/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/09/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22/08/2013 as amended on 30 Jan 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 04237604 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020738352098 · info@aod.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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