The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Action on Disability and Development

Registered charity 294860 Registered since 1986

Operates: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ghana

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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.

8 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 8Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 10Other services 1

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3.5m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.5 in 2020

50 from 82 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
27%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.
Qualified
Auditor's opinioniAuditor's opinionThe accounts_qualified flag on the latest filed annual return is True - the auditor qualified their opinion. A register flag, shown as filed.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.add.org.uk
Emailadd@add.org.uk
Phone01373473064
AddressAction on Disability & Development, The Old Church School, Butts Hill, Frome, BA11 1HR

Finances

£3,494,208 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,017,262£2,927,776
2021£2,634,351£2,847,607
2022£2,782,002£2,889,085
2023£2,501,084£2,626,793
2024£3,494,208£2,702,918

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONGST DISABLED PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 2. TO ADVANCE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISABLED PERSONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/07/1986AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/11/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/11/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/11/2010

Trustees (8)

8trustees
45median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Action on Disability and Development · 02033925 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 03/07/1986

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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