Registered charity · Solihull
Regional Driving Assessment Centre
The Charity?s Objects are specifically restricted to the following:- 3.1 to relieve and assist people with physical and cognitive impairments, as well as those people with impaired mobility, or those who may be vulnerable to such conditions, by...
- 7 trustees
- Income £2.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.rdac.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Regional Driving Assessment Centre
- Registered
- 2008
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.0m£2.0m
- 2024£1.9m£1.9m
- 2023£1.8m£1.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.7m£1.7m
- 2021£1.8m£1.4m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 75%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The Charity?s Objects are specifically restricted to the following:- 3.1 to relieve and assist people with physical and cognitive impairments, as well as those people with impaired mobility, or those who may be vulnerable to such conditions, by reason of age or infirmity in any way which shall for the time being be charitable in law; and 3.2 to promote for the benefit of the public the preservation and protection of life by promoting the improvement of standards of driving and road safety.
Grants received
9 grants · £2,896,713 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
- Department for Transport · £2,896,713 (9 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
- Department for Transport
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Robert Eric Heap Mr Chair since 2019
- Ahmad Makhdoom Chishti since 2017
- Deborah Roadnight since 2024
- Dr Mark Pearson since 2022
- Gerry Russell since 2015
- Karen Barbara Forbes since 2017
- Michael Roadnight since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert Eric Heap Mr Chair since 2019
- Ahmad Makhdoom Chishti since 2017
- Gerry Russell since 2015
- Karen Barbara Forbes since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Robert Eric Heap Mr Chair since 2019
- Deborah Roadnight since 2024
- Dr Mark Pearson since 2022
- Karen Barbara Forbes since 2017
- Michael Roadnight since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Ahmad Makhdoom Chishti since 2017
- Gerry Russell since 2015
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1122214
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 OCTOBER 2006. as amended on 11 Jun 2019 as amended on 30 Jul 2019 as amended on 12 Jun 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 05962393 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 03003002240 · info@rdac.co.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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