# Disability Assist for Independent Living

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1107079
- **Other names:** CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING KENT LIMITED, CILK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 1, 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=1107079


## Contact

- **Address:** Disability Assist, Maidstone Innovation Centre, Gibbs Pond Way, Kent Medical Campus
- **Postcode:** ME14 5FY
- **Phone:** 01233633187
- **Email:** info@disabilityassist.org.uk
- **Website:** www.disabilityassist.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE ENABLING INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES DIRECT TO DISABLED PEOPLE RESIDENT PRIMARILY , BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COUNTY OF KENT BY THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY, PEER SUPPORT, ADVICE, INFORMATION AND OTHER SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE SERVICES WHICH FACILITATE THEIR INDEPENDENCE AS FULL AND EQUAL CITIZENS IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** Disability Assist for Independent Living provides and promotes enabling independent living services to disabled people in Kent and Medway. It offers advocacy, peer support, advice, information and a range of support and assistance services which facilitate their independence as full and equal citizens in all aspects of life and the wider community.

**Area of benefit:** WITHIN THE COUNTY OF KENT.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Kent
- Medway



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £278483 | £264994 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £266868 | £262315 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £246542 | £283043 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £143500 | £171550 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £176341 | £128601 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **CLIVE BASSANT** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 21, 2021
- Bojan Koltaj — appointed Sept. 17, 2025
- CHRISTOPHER WISE
- Dr Andrew Robertson — appointed July 30, 2019
- Hannah Elizabeth Tutt — appointed Sept. 30, 2013
- Helen Joy Greenard — appointed July 23, 2025
- Natalie Marguerite Jessica-Ann Eacersall — appointed July 23, 2025
- Piers Kenneth Anscomb — appointed July 23, 2025
- Sonia Jannette Weaver-Mallion — appointed Sept. 8, 2016
- VICTORIA GRACE CHITTENDEN