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2025-03-31-accounts

TRUSTEES REPORT Year ended 31 March 2025 The ThL8t¢4 who are also the dllr¢tors of the cbaritable ￿y¥ pre8eDt theirr¢port aul the aThlited statements for the year ended 3 l Mawh 2025. The Tnth that the amiual report 8nd fman¢ial statements comply with curyent statutory Th4UIr￿ the requirrnts of the c￿lty'S governing doCUm￿t and thepmvisions of the Ststen]ert of RecoLllmended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by chwit1￿, i&8ued i 2(Kl5. REFERENCE AND ADMtNISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE CHARTTY Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea (ADKC), whose principal Offi￿ is The ADKC CeDtr4 Whitstabk House, Sikhester Road. Londofy Wl 0 6SB, is a R¢￿ered Charity numbered 1045769 and is also a Company Limited by Guarnntee nUrnb￿ 3040329. The tharitable conipany is ]imitfAI by guarath and the rnemkn are onty liable in the event of tbe th￿ttable con4)any WH￿l￿g up to paynent of £1. Th¢ dI￿¢t0￿ of the G￿ltable company for the fllwicial year li8ted on page l of the fmancial 8tatemeDt& The Chief Executive of the organisation is Jamie Renton who is respn&bk for the day to day rnana8e￿t of the c￿lty. STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE Consthilknn and organl8aiion￿ structure The Cknity is governed by its Articles and Memornndum of Associati￿. Vicc Ckn, th¢ Tressurff and w) to 12 individual wmmittee The Conmjthee agre&8 the policy of th¢ ¢barity and is respo￿￿ for its fllwices and assets and for emplOYll￿ staff to Ca￿ out its Wl)Tk The Commitr meets at Icast four times a year. It appoiots a FinazK¢ and R¢s<>urces sub-committe4 consistmg of at least 2 t￿￿te¢S and 2 mcmbffl3 of staff to regu]arty revA¢W fmancial aTMI staff n￿tter8. It meets approximately 2 Th¢ Chief Executive manages the day4iHlay affaits oftbe charity and rryrts regul￿ty to the Chair and to the Management Conrri Re¢ruttmellt and appolntment •f Truslees One third of the existiDg trustff8 nominated and elected frorn the Action Disability Kensington and Che]sea DWnbe￿ at the AGM. Subsequently. the M￿gen￿t Committee co-opts up to A further six trustees for tbe year. Co-opted members are individual membera or ryrcscntatiV¢S of Organi￿ who ha￿ be￿ nomin￿￿ aTrl selrfted for the compl¢mentary slalls they are able to offer. Thist¢es are invited to att￿d an inductN)n 8¢88ion on appointment and are ]nforn￿l of ongoiDg training Opporti￿leS as they arise lyoth within the orgaDisation and extendty. Rtsk management Th¢ trustees have the major Aisks to vknich the Charity is ezpos¢d. The major risk

identified is inSUffi￿t notKe of withdrnwalof fundills. If thi8were to occur the trustees would bave to cut back the activit￿ of Action Disability Kensin8ton and Chelsea The tzustees expxt that sufficient funds will be forthcoming to enabk A¢tion Disabllity sington and Ch¢ls¢a to wlltillue tis ¢xisting activities during 2024r25. Risk mldgath&n Action DisabiIity KeDsiDgton and Chkn undertaken an &8se&gm￿t of major iysks. The￿ are ￿gU￿lY reviewed. Systcms in pla￿ to milli￿ iisks Inch￿e.. Written Financial Pn)cedure8. The Chief Executive ryorts on funding and staffmg matters to a Finati¢e aThl Resourtts Sub Committee at I￿t 2 times a year- warnings of any potential i&sues and re￿￿yDendatIonS for action are includ¢d. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIvrriEs The prllicipal activity of the charitable company is that of enhancing opportimities for d￿led people (with pbysAcaL senKWry or hidden impall￿ts) livin8 or wO￿l￿g in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chel A¢tion Disability Kensington and Che18ea is a user led organikn and PTOVMl¢s its An Advice md Infornwtion Project A Speciakn Legal Advice Project AD Indep￿¢nt Lxves Peer Siwort Project A Disability Conne¢t Pn)jert A vol￿teCT Project A Woice of Experience, Proittl A Counselling Scrvice A Yixrth Pecr Support Pn)ject 'Positive Rights A¢tion' Advowy Gn)up 'Positive Empowemwit, Pe¢r Supwt and cou￿￿1￿ Gmup Westminth 'Positive EmpowernTht' Peer Support and Counselling Group In addition tothe services listed abov< there are n￿￿e pTrctical services such a Passport Photograph Scheme, Wheekhair Hir¢ Scheme and Wheekhair Accessible Weighing The organisation acts as a signpostmg service to where nhire and additional information and help may be sought. As a led orgaDisatioo we ¢ot)suft with our rnemkn regarding the services th¢y expegt and would ]*e from ADKC. Durmg th¢ Financffil Year 202£k25, we undertook a ThA¢W of mi¢¢s with our membeThh4) to detamine the dire¢tion of our organl d¢velopnMIt.

  1. Unre8trlcted Develo ment Reserve To ena Kctou ate its conwting facilities as and when requred. It 18 envisaged that computers beconx out of date and obsolete after about 3 y¢aTr and it is in4)erative that we develop our systems in tandem with other extern￿ corkta¢t& Whilst funding is sougbt for new projects it is realised that there m&y be other extrnneous start up costs and these fLmds set up to facllitate this. To provide funding to undertake our wular consuhation with our membeo which cillr¢lltty takes place every year. FvfuRE PLANS Matn objectives for the comkng year Our objectives tbis year, as in all years. aTe to conso]idate our fimding b3K and look for new and diverse sources of funding. We will continue to develop the Borough wide Independent Lives User Group. Positive Rights AGtioll Group, Positive EmpowernMt Group and Acce&8 Group. We wlll endeavourto n]aintsin ourposition atthe for¢frontoflocal developments regarding the Tholution in social ca￿. Wc will develop our Legal Advice Project We will develop our Voic¢ of Experience Project We will develop our Counselling Service We will launch our new Youth Peer Support Project We will Continue to d￿ClOp our work wroducing s¢Thi¢¢s and inforLnation with RBKC Aduh Social Care. We will support our membership of local disabled peopk out of isolatiOD and into the cOn)￿ty following the Tecent health ￿ls1S. Wewill promote our services via a Tang¢ of taw outr¢ach Stalls and promotional materials. WE will d¢vise a CoMn￿catIon Strategy focusw on increasing our social me presence and developiDg our webth. AC1{￿vEMENTs AND PERFORMANCE This year we ti)ok a lead rol¢ in developing co-production WO￿ with the lo￿1 authority. We continue to de￿lOp our consultative role xegarding local dthility-related is representing th¢ vi¢ws of disabled peopk at nunrmus meetings and fonm)s. All of our projects, without exceptio￿ faT CXCFd￿ the monitoiing tatgets set for them by PUBLIC BENEFIT The confum that they have referr￿ to the guidance contained in the Clwity COMMI￿10n,S geneTrl guidancc on public benefrt when reviewi￿ our obiertives and activities end in planning futLue activities. It is the judgement of the Th￿te¢S that activities in rsuit of the alx>ve objectives fulty the public benefrt test, which they have kept in mind in planning pmgrarnmes for the charity. DIRECTORS, RESPONSIBILTfiES The directors,, who are also the trustees, are respOn￿1)le for preparing the Directors, Re￿rt and the financial statements m accorda￿¢ with applicable law and Tegulations. The Companies Art requi￿3 the dir¢¢tOTS to Pry￿￿ fmancial stat¢m¢nts for each fmancial year. Under the law, the directors have elected to prepare the fmancial stat¢ment in aw)Nlance with United Kingdom General Accepted Accounting Prnctic¢ OJnited Kingdom A¢coullting Standards and appIl￿ble law), Under th¢ relevant law the directors must not approve the fllwicial stateD]￿ts unkss they are satisfied that

FINANCIAL REVIEW Action Disabthty Kensington & Chelsea re¢eived income for the year totalling £W,948. Th¢ largest singk funderwas the Royal Borough of KeDSington & Chelsea whose various dq)artnMts provided £213,791. A munber of other fundas directi￿ tkn assistance whe￿ SFrtifJc funding ￿¢¢ived was ID￿fr￿l¢llt to meet the expenditure8 of the funds of Ilction Disability Kensington & Che]sea to e]iminate the Eesllhing defKits in the ifKally funded activit￿ at th¢ ¢1￿ of the fllkancial year. Oli Swing otTKe facthtxe& Costs have been to activitrs on the basis of RESERVES POLICY This polKy has be￿ adopted by the Action Disthfjity Kensington & Ch¢lsea Executiv¢ Committee in order to ensuff that th¢ owisation ha8 funds to enabk it to deal with wiforneen events and contingen¢i¢8. Additiona￿. th¢ Action Disabthty Kensiogton & Chthea Executive Comrrits aim to acclln￿ funds to eD8ur¢ future InaIn￿anCe of the ADKC Centre to its ciirrent high standard> rylaCeme￿ of fumith and office eqllip￿ with a Innited Jif¢ and as a saf¢ty net when resouwing pmiects in receipt of target based funding. Th¢ Rexrve Fund8 l. Unrestrkted Conth entv R¢erve This Trs¢rve 18 inlended to ¢nable ADKC to cope with unforeseen honour. its cA￿traCtUal obligations and rtaio SUff￿]ellt fimds to cope with a sudden cessation of fimding. This fund is also set up to deal witb posthle funding of short-tern] staff po&tious (e.8. illness, maternity issuffj staff bolluses aud pay iises) and possibk redundancy situati￿. As well as to cover th¢ costs of the additional access needs of our of disabkd peopk (BSL intapreteTh, producing infornwtAoll ill altwDth¢ fom)ats etc) towaAls six to eight fimding to achieve this Obi￿tIve. Representing an to learning from the COVID crisis for th¢ n¢ed to keep highff ￿seNC5 in order to D￿t unexpec￿1 issues and the current delayhmcertainty regading ow long terni lo¢al authority coitract (the organisation's single larg￿t Source of iocomel Furthernx)r4 as a Disabkd Peopk's Or￿]￿10￿ we can in¢ur costs which other organi￿lon8 of 8 similar size do nol (¢.g. pU￿hase of acce&8 and hiring BSL interprcters). This figure may need to be T￿l¢Wed but in the preS￿t To ¢nable ADKC to embark on a pro￿n￿ of fftlewrntiqm to the Centr¢, deal wxth any em¢rgfflcy works and replace furniture and off￿ equipnKnt when deemul

they we a trn¢ and ts view of the state of affairs of the chaTAtable conyany and of the ia¢ome and expenditure account of the charitable con)patty for that paiod. In preparing these fman¢ial statements th¢ dire¢tors ￿ requi￿1 to: . Make judgements and ac(X)UDting estimat￿ that ￿ re8sonabk and prndent iiiappii)priate to presu￿ that the charkable con4>ally wm continue to op¢rnte The directo￿ comn]ittee is ryonsR)le for kwing adequate accou￿)￿8 records that are sufficient to slM)w and explain the charitabk company's transactions and disclose with them to that the final￿ Statern￿ comply with the Companies Act. They are also oll￿￿k for safeguarding the of the chaTAtabk con4)any and hence for takn18 reasonabk steps forthe prevention and detection of fi￿d ADd other inr8ukntrs. The director8 are for the maintenance and intsgrity of the charitable and f￿￿￿la1 InfOrn￿20n inc1￿1¢d on the ch￿￿table company's website. Le8isknon ID the Unit from legithtion in othff jurislictio Prnctice: Accounting & R￿OrtIng by Cjwities (￿lled January 2015) and in accoTdanL% with the pmvisions of the CODIPADU Act 2006 BY ORDER OF IHE BOARD Jamie Renton

I report to the dwlty trustees ¢)n my examination of the accounts of the tharlty for the year end 31 Marth 2025 whith are set out on page$ 7 to 13. Re￿￿111tkn arKI bAds d report As the Charity's trustees fand a150 its directors for the purposes of company law) you are res&)0￿lble for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 200& Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2(K16 Act and are ellglble for independent examinatSon. l ￿POrt in resped of ry examTnatk>n of the company's acmunts arrfed out under sectlon 145 of Charitles Art 2011 and in orrylng out my examlnatlon I ha￿ followed all the appllcable Dlrectlons glven by the Charlty Commlsslon under sedi¢)n 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. sIn￿ the company's gr055 income exceed £250.0(m).￿ your examlner murt be a member of a body Ilsted in the section 145 of the 2011 A(t. l Confirm that l am quallfied to undertake the examinatlon because l am a member of The Assodation of Accounting Tethnldans. whkh 1$ one of the listed We I have my examlnatlon. I mnfirni that no tnaterlals matters Iwe Come to my attention In connertlon wlth the examlnation giving me cause to believe that in any materfal ￿pert: Accounting re￿rdS V4ere not kept In respett of the company as requlred by sed6on 386 of the 2006 Act: or The accounts do no accord with those ￿. or The accounts do not comply wlth the accountlng requlrement5 of section 396 pf the 2(X16 Att other thank any requlrement that the accounts give a 'trn￿ and fair view. whkh Is not a matter considered a5 part of an independent examiner or The accounts have not been prepared in accordan￿ wlth the methods and princlples of the Statement of Re￿rnrnended prattl￿ for accounting and reporting by tharltles applicable to tharft5es preparing their accounts In accordan￿ with Flnancial Reportin8 Standard applicable In the UK and Republlc of Ireland (FRS 102). I have no COn￿mS and have come attoss no other matters In mnnertion wlth the examlnation to which attentfon should be drawn In this IEPOrt in order to enable a proper understandlng of the account5 to be reached. iura Parfitt-marr FMAAT The Accounting Equation Flrst Floor Front Office 1>14 Market place Penzance TR18 2JB Date: 171h July 2025

Tthl Funth Tthl 2025 3b 186.789 26&978 451.767 1650 343.182 195h70 26S278 460.948 349276 l.X8 1.718 1&74 402262 357 238.736 23&736 403.9￿ 359273 5&968 . 9.997 &os? 34593 $6S68 (9.997) IT1671 195 5W7 2Th108 28&136 Z39J65 229.168

Tot41 Fwds As1 14.740 11.932 252.402 264.J34 334761 10 35.168 5.168 286.136 229.168 28&136 229.168 13&M 91.rjyo 1th%7 28&136 124592 229.168 F¢xtt* IIMnd•l yBur In wsilrn the ¢<xMpnayW￿ endtled to undor sedlon 477 ofth• Cornpanles

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To 7320 49a 26.780 75320 W20 493rxi 49.1 2&780 15542 251MX) 7.945 72324 12.415 2&705 S782 313(K• 6U91 65.940 21 52576 343.183 87293 CMY Tnut 62491 I8&789 26&978 .?67 Tnlrdry Totsl L424 294 276 1.718 1.718 115.775 &395 2213 143J60 74323 425 23 259.335 2Q718 2038 221576 793 833 43.1 7.330 283 35851 3.696 6A91 2262 M••lln& &Tralnlry 1.667 137 13.428 740 18.608 12.759 32.036 21899 34&745 Gownwnty (e nore 6) 514 7238 238.736 402261 35&949 10 IA24 1.424

02 L872 2217 354 773 &725 514 514 7238 7.189 262.183 225.425 259335 222JTI IA24 AslW2024 388.wd 69A36 As rt 31 Mb 21J25 69A36 As at l 2024 Clwr¥e fortr*> As at 31 Marth 202$ 69A35 4x426 69A35 As * I hpril 2024 As #t 31 Marth 2Q5 9m2 14.140 11,932 39.970 29J85 Ptyroll UqbFIMes

35.168 31n325 i&( 14355 IOJ50 14335 4&079 IW51 (8.051 443 M3.757 69785 115420 85364 79,125 21￿30 1&025 3.363 3.180 SelfC•re Sttvke 35.851 losi 5.181 265278 238.736 8L151 12