The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services

Registered charity 299154 Registered since 1988

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 10Economic/community Development/employment 1Education/training 1

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 6Business 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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£3.3m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

7.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.3 in 2020

18 from 11 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.adass.org.uk
Emailteam@adass.org.uk
Phone02070727433
Address18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ

Finances

£3,348,385 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,286,454£2,931,195
2021£3,543,825£3,196,714
2022£2,165,748£2,089,241
2023£2,788,954£3,039,133
2024£3,348,385£3,510,225

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS OF SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL ORGANISATION AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS. (B) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF THOSE NEEDING CARE, SUPPORT OR SAFEGUARDING AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(C) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP AND COMMUNITY LIFE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(D) TO PROMOTE INCLUSION OF OLDER, DISABLED AND MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE IN ALL ASPECTS OF SOCIETY.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 23 SEP 1987AS AMENDED ON 10 APR 1987AS AMENDED ON 09 OCT 2005AS AMENDED ON 25 APR 2007AS AMENDED ON 23 APR 2008AS AMENDED ON 02 NOV 2016AS AMENDED ON 27 JUN 2019AS AMENDED ON 02 NOV 2022 as amended on 30 Nov 2023 as amended on 28 Apr 2025

Trustees (10)

10trustees
75median age
2aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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