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## Reference and administration details 

## **Charity name** 

## **Disability Art, Culture And History (DACH)** 

**Other names charity is known by** n/a 

|**Registered charity number (if any)**<br>**Charity's principal address**|<br>**1167102**||
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||<br>8 Westfield Grove||
||Finchfield||
||Wolverhampton||
||**Postcode**|**WV3 8EX**|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Dr Paul Darke|Chair||Set UpCharity|
||Spencer Hudson|||Set UpCharity|
||Claire Darke|||Trustees|
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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||Spencer Hudson|n/a|
||Claire Darke|n/a|



**TAR** 

**December 2005** 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of advisor Name Address n/a Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

Dr Simon Mckeown – Chief Executive (unpaid) 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

## **Type of governing document** 

## **A Constitution** 

- **(eg. trust deed, constitution)** 

**Articles and Memorandum as a  Charitable** How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) **Incorporated Organisation** 

Trustee selection methods **Original People who Set up Charity and then Invitation** 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees. 

No paid staff.  Chief Executive with Trustees fundraise to deliver projects and then they are delivered to budget (with future projected fees for DACH to develop further projects). 

All trustees aware of their responsibilities through relevant materials. 

- The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works. 

- Relationship with any related parties. 

- Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Objectives and activities** 

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF DISABILITY AND THE LIVES OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE. 

2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RELATION TO DISABLED PEOPLE BY: 

**Summary of the objects of the** PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RELATION TO DISABLED PEOPLE BY: **charity set out in its** (A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF **governing document** DISABILITY; 

- (B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; 

- (C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY. 

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## **Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects** 

DACH aims are specifically around disability, education and diversity. One of its main directives is the promotion, support and conservation of Invalid Carriage history and vehicles. We will exhibit, promote and advise and support their owners (private and public) including curators of museums. Please see our website. 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- Policy on grantmaking / Policy programme / Contribution by  Volunteers. 

## Achievements and performance 

DACH has continued to support the CEO and his HLF Invalid Carriage **Summary of the main** project (delivered and arranged through his work at Teesside University). **achievements of the charity** This work has been entirely online however due to the pandemic. **during the year** The ICR supports many owners of Invalid Carriages, helping accreditation with DVLA for instance, providing technical guidance for instance on wiring or other issues as well as developing a publishing arm. The Invalid Carriage Register of which Mckeown is also the voluntary Director. Existent for 25 years approx and DACH are continuing to evolve plans support this long term disability heritage project, which will include fund raising to achieve project targets. Please see www.invalidcarriagregistger.org 

The ICR has started to look for assistance, especially with regard to its archives. In particular it has studied support from the National Archives and their grants. It is hoped in later years to apply for Grants from this source as well as HF. Note the charity incurred no expenditure or liabilities during this period 

## **Financial review** 

No formal policy except other than through Minutes of Trustee Meetings **Brief statement of the** to use reserves to either keep running particular projects (as and when **charity’s policy on reserves** required if available funds) and to use reserves to act as partnership funding in leverage to gain other funding (and/or cover any small deficits in the delivery of any project DACH undertake). **Details of any funds materially** N/A. **in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- The charity’s principal sources of funds. 

- How expenditure supported the key objectives. 

- Investment policy and 

**TAR** 

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objectives. 

## **Other optional information** 

## **Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on Behalf of the Charity’s trustees** 

**Full Name: Dr Simon Mckeown Dr Paul Darke Position: CEO (Voluntary) Chair of Trustees Date: 13/11/2021 13/11/2021** 

**TAR** 

**December 2005** 

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