# AUDIO DESCRIPTION ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1084230
- **Other names:** ADA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1084230


## Contact

- **Address:** 34 Lord Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- **Postcode:** ST6 1LD
- **Phone:** 07843176880
- **Email:** admin@audiodescription.co.uk
- **Website:** http://www.audiodescription.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE BENEFIT OF BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED PEOPLE BY THE PROMOTION OF AUDIO DESCRIPTION AND DESCRIBERS AND THE TRAINING OF DESCRIBERS IN THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR AUDIO DESCRIPTION.

**Activities:** Improving the experience of blind and partially sighted attenders at cultural and leisure activities by supporting provision of audio description services, in particular raising standards of provision through the creation of Audio Description curricula for training purposes and new trainees.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, THE UNITED KINGDOM.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5100 | £1958 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £3921 | £3244 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £3829 | £1667 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £2079 | £192 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £2035 | £420 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Cara Sian Edney — appointed Sept. 26, 2023
- Edward Ellis Copisarow — appointed Sept. 28, 2021
- Enrico Martinez — appointed Oct. 15, 2024
- Olayinka Ekundayo — appointed Nov. 3, 2025
- Oran O'Neill — appointed Oct. 14, 2025
- TIMOTHY JAMES CALVERT — appointed Sept. 26, 2017
- Tom Matthew Bailey — appointed Sept. 23, 2025
- Veronika Hyks — appointed Sept. 27, 2022