# THE NATIONAL APPROPRIATE ADULT NETWORK LIMITED

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1104765
- **Other names:** NAAN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 5, 2004
- **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=1104765


## Contact

- **Address:** NAAN, 19 North Street, Ashford, Kent
- **Postcode:** TN24 8LF
- **Phone:** 07739904858
- **Email:** admin@appropriateadult.org.uk
- **Website:** www.appropriateadult.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PROMOTE THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 18 YEARS AND THE CARE OF PEOPLE OF ANY AGE WHO ARE MENTALLY VULNERABLE AS A RESULT OF MENTAL ILL HEALTH, LEARNING DISABILITY, NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER OR ANY OTHER REASON AND WHO ARE DETAINED OR OTHERWISE QUESTIONED UNDER THE POLICE AND CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ACT 1984’BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR, AND THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE AMONGST, APPROPRIATE ADULTS: (B) TO PROMOTE, OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION OF, THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE FOR, AND THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE AMONGST, APPROPRIATE ADULTS

**Activities:** NAAN is the national membership body supporting and representing appropriate adult services in England and Wales.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £217924 | £212825 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £197336 | £233676 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £212349 | £192159 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £202181 | £151764 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £156920 | £133688 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Penelope Sarah Gibbs** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 16, 2021
- Angelika Pastuszko — appointed Sept. 10, 2024
- Anne Harper — appointed Dec. 2, 2025
- Deborah Thompson — appointed Dec. 2, 2025
- Jacq Matilda Kaye Whitelock — appointed July 19, 2023
- Kia Bailey — appointed Dec. 2, 2025
- Linda Ann Chebib — appointed Nov. 20, 2023
- Matthew Thomas Richard Haynes — appointed Nov. 13, 2020
- Megan Judge — appointed Dec. 2, 2025
- Sandra June Wheatley — appointed Oct. 19, 2023
- Sarah Connelly — appointed Oct. 19, 2023
- Sharrel Mary Collman — appointed Dec. 16, 2021