# ACTION FOR A-T

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1145303
- **Other names:** ACTION FOR A-T, THE EVIE READ CHARITABLE TRUST - ACTION FOR A-T
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 6, 2012
- **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=1145303


## Contact

- **Address:** ACTION FOR A-T, ARUNA HOUSE, 2 KINGS ROAD, HASLEMERE, SURREY
- **Postcode:** GU27 2QA
- **Phone:** 01428853313
- **Email:** info@actionforAT.org
- **Website:** www.actionforAT.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) THE FUNDING AND PROMOTION OF MEDICAL AND/OR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA (A-T) WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING A CURE FOR THE CONDITION AND TO IDENTIFY LINKS BETWEEN A-T AND OTHER GENETIC DISEASES OR CONDITIONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS ARISING FROM SUCH RESEARCH;B) PREVENTING A-T, INCLUDING THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANTENATAL SCREENING FOR A-T;C) THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND WHERE, APPROPRIATE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ANYONE IN THE UK AFFECTED BY A-T (INCLUDING, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE FUNDING OF EQUIPMENT WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OR DETECTION OF A-T OR FOR TREATING, MITIGATING OR RELIEVING THE SYMPTOMS OF A-T); AND D) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT A-T.

**Activities:** The chairty's main aim is the identification and funding of high quality peer-reviewed medical research into finding a cure or treatment that will delay or prevent the disabling effects of Ataxia-Telangiectasia ("A-T"). Additionally the charity works to raise public awareness of A-T and to build collaborative partnerships with other organisations to help advance the understanding of A-T.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1168113 | £1846493 | £236345 | 2 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1092490 | £384330 | £914725 | 3 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £949804 | £1106145 | £226804 | 2 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £593451 | £440191 | £383145 | 2 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £458645 | £839221 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **TOBY READ** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 18, 2011
- Christopher Richard Thompson Askew — appointed March 26, 2014
- EMILY READ — appointed Oct. 18, 2011
- Joseph Frost — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- MARIA LEONARD — appointed Oct. 18, 2011
- MARK TOMS — appointed March 26, 2014
- Tom Shillingford — appointed Aug. 1, 2015
- WILLIAM ROWBERRY — appointed March 26, 2014