Disability Art, Culture and History (DACH) | Charity no. 1167102
DISABILITY ART, CULTURE AND HISTORY (DACH)
Trustees' Annual Report and Receipts & Payments Accounts
For the financial period 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024
Registered charity number: 1167102
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
| Charity name | DisabilityArt, Culture andHistory (DACH) |
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| Charity number | 1167102 |
| Legal form | CharitableIncorporated Organisation(CIO) |
| Financial period | 2January2023to1January2024 |
Prepared for Charity Commission annual return filing. The trustees should review and approve before submission.
Trustees' Annual Report and Receipts & Payments Accounts | 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024
Disability Art, Culture and History (DACH) | Charity no. 1167102
Contents
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- Chairman's introduction
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- Objectives and public benefit
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- Review of activities and achievements
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- Financial review
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- Structure, governance and management
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- Future plans
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- Approval statement
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- Receipts & Payments Accounts
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- Statement of Assets and Liabilitie
Trustees' Annual Report and Receipts & Payments Accounts | 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024
Disability Art, Culture and History (DACH) | Charity no. 1167102
1. Chairman's introducton
This report covers the work of Disability Art, Culture and History (DACH) for the financial period 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024. DACH is a small Charitable Incorporated Organisation operating entirely through voluntary effort. Its work is focused on disability, education and diversity, with a particular emphasis on preserving and promoting the history of invalid carriages, mobility vehicles and wider disability transport heritage.
During the period, DACH continued to maintain and develop the Invalid Carriage Register as a public heritage resource, supported museums, private owners and researchers, and promoted public understanding of a largely overlooked area of British social, medical, transport and disability history. The charity continued to operate with very limited financial resources and no paid staff and is supported by Simon McKeown.
A significant event affecting the charity's administrative capacity was the serious accident involving DACH's voluntary director, Professor Simon McKeown, on 5 July 2023. This affected the ability of the charity to complete administrative and reporting work on time.
2. Objectves and public beneft
DACH is established to advance disability art, history and culture. Its charitable purposes include education, the promotion of disability history and culture, and the conservation and interpretation of historic disability-related vehicles and associated material.
A principal area of activity is the promotion, support and conservation of invalid carriage history and vehicles. This is delivered through the Invalid Carriage Register, through work with museums and private owners, and through the long-term objective of establishing an Invalid Carriage Museum.
The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance. DACH's work provides public benefit by preserving historical knowledge, supporting access to specialist information, encouraging public understanding of disability history, and assisting museums, researchers, vehicle owners and the public to engage with this heritage.
DACH is entirely voluntary and not for profit. It has no funds to disperse as grants and did not make grants during the period.
3. Review of actvites and achievements
Invalid Carriage Register
The Invalid Carriage Register remained the charity's main public-facing activity during the period. It continued to act as a free public historical resource, recording and promoting knowledge about invalid carriages, Invacars, mobility scooters, trikes and related vehicles.
The Register supports public education and research by gathering information about surviving vehicles, historic photographs, manuals, documents, memories, film material and
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other ephemera. It also provides a point of contact for owners, researchers, museums and members of the public seeking to understand the significance of disability-related vehicles.
Preston Park Museum and other museum support
DACH continued to provide voluntary support and specialist advice to museums and heritage organisations, including Preston Park Museum and other museums or collections holding, researching or interpreting invalid carriages and mobility vehicles. This support included historical context, interpretation advice, identification of vehicles and assistance with understanding the wider disability, health and transport history attached to the objects.
BBC Antques Road Trip
In April 2023 DACH and the Invalid Carriage Register supported filming for BBC Antiques Road Trip. The item was broadcast in December 2023. This provided a valuable opportunity to bring invalid carriage history, disability transport heritage and the charity's work to a wider public audience. In this project, we supported the BBC, advised on content and script, and also involved a collector and their Model 70’s in the work.
Publicaton and sales of 50 Years of Mobility Scooter History
The charity continued to promote and support public access to the publication 50 Years of Mobility Scooter History. The book documents the development of the mobility scooter and contributes to public understanding of a major but often overlooked mobility technology.
DVLA and historic registraton work
The charity, through the Invalid Carriage Register, continued to provide advice on historic vehicle identification, dating, provenance and registration matters where appropriate. This included advice to private owners and researchers on vehicle records and, where relevant, support with documentation for DVLA-related historic registration enquiries. In some cases we challenge DVLA, sometimes successfully.
Private owners, researchers and volunteers
DACH continued to support private vehicle owners, researchers, students and members of the public. This work included responding to enquiries, helping identify vehicles, encouraging owners to preserve records and memories, and supporting the wider collection of evidence about invalid carriages and disability transport history. The charity recognises the excellent contribution of all its volunteers and supporters.
Invalid Carriage Museum development
The long-term ambition to establish an Invalid Carriage Museum remained central to DACH's charitable direction. During the period, work continued on developing the concept, maintaining networks and preserving the records, knowledge and relationships required to support future museum development.
Separately McKeown using his own funds, continues to personally purchase, rescue, and large scale store many important invalid carriages and related ephemera. He also continues to fund the online presence including web domain name and hosting costs. These activities are costly and McKeown has raised this as an ongoing issue for DACH as ultimately, McKeown has suggested that ultimately needs to stop carrying the costs and for DACH to assume ownership and control of all the vehicles and costs.
Trustees' Annual Report and Receipts & Payments Accounts | 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024
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4. Financial review
The charity had very limited financial activity during the period. It received no income into the Santander account and made payments totalling £77.12. The opening bank balance was £334.50 and the closing bank balance at 1 January 2024 was £257.38.
| Category | Amount(£) | Explanation |
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| Opening cash/bank balance at 2 January2023 |
334.50 | Balance brought forward at the start of thefnancialperiod. |
| Receipts | 0.00 | No receipts were paid into the Santander accountduringthe period. |
| Payments | 77.12 | FBHVC-related membership/payment andPayPal-related costs. |
| Closing cash/bank balance at 1 January2024 |
257.38 | Balance retained for future charitable activity. |
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The trustees consider the charity to be financially stable at its current scale. The charity's reserves are minimal and are held to cover small administrative, heritage and online service costs. The charity has no paid staff and relies on voluntary effort.
5. Structure, governance and management
DACH is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation governed by its constitution. The charity is managed by its trustees and supported by volunteers. It has no paid employees.
| Name | Role / status during 2023-24period |
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| Spencer Hudson | Trustee |
| Dr Paul Darke | Trustee |
| ClaireDarke | Trustee |
| Prof. Dr Simon McKeown | Voluntary director / principal volunteer lead for DACH and the Invalid CarriageRegisteractivity |
The trustees reviewed the charity's activities and financial position in the context of its limited resources. The charity's principal risks are low financial capacity, reliance on volunteers and the specialist nature of its heritage knowledge. These risks are managed by keeping expenditure low, maintaining records, preserving public-facing information through the Invalid Carriage Register and working collaboratively with museums, owners and researchers.
6. Future plans
DACH's future plans are to continue maintaining and developing the Invalid Carriage Register; to support museums, owners and researchers; to preserve records, photographs, film and oral history relating to invalid carriages; to promote the mobility scooter history publication; and to develop the long-term vision for an Invalid Carriage Museum. The
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Charity also aims to publish the first written history of the British Invalid Carriage and Mckeown is seeking out a relevant publisher.
The charity also intends to improve its administrative systems and bring its Charity Commission filings fully up to date following the disruption caused by McKeown's accident.
7. Approval statement
This Trustees’ Annual Report covers the financial period from 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024 . The trustees approved this report at a meeting held on the 29[th] of June 2026, and authorised its submission to the Charity Commission as part of the charity’s work to bring its statutory reporting up to date. The delay in submission was partly caused by the serious accident involving DACH’s voluntary director, Simon McKeown , on 5 July 2023 , which significantly affected administrative capacity.
| Approved by the trustees on: | __29/6/2026__ |
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| Signed on behalfof the trustees by: | ___Dr Paul Darke_______ |
| Name: | Dr Paul Darke |
| Position: | Trustee |
Trustees' Annual Report and Receipts & Payments Accounts | 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024
Disability Art, Culture and History (DACH) | Charity no. 1167102
8. Receipts & Payments Accounts
For the financial period 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024
Basis: receipts and payments basis, prepared from the Santander bank statements supplied. Amounts are shown in pounds sterling.
Receipts
| Receipts / Payments | Unrestricted funds (£) |
Restricted funds (£) |
Total funds (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donations and grants | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Book sales / PayPal receipts transferred to bank |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Other income | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Total receipts | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Payments
| Receipts / Payments | Unrestricted funds (£) |
Restricted funds (£) |
Total funds (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FBHVC / historic vehicle sector membership or related cost |
30.00 | 0.00 | 30.00 |
| PayPal | 47.12 | 0.00 | 47.12 |
| Otherpayments | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Totalpayments | 77.12 | 0.00 | 77.12 |
Statement of cash movement
| Receipts / Payments | Unrestricted funds (£) |
Restricted funds (£) |
Total funds (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash funds at 2January2023 | 334.50 | 0.00 | 334.50 |
| Add: total receipts | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Less: totalpayments | (77.12) | 0.00 | (77.12) |
| Cash funds at 1January2024 | 257.38 | 0.00 | 257.38 |
Trustees' Annual Report and Receipts & Payments Accounts | 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024
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9. Statement of Assets and Liabilites
| Assets at 1January 2024 | Amount(£) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Santander business current account | 257.38 | Closing balance carried forward. Full account details are deliberately not reproducedin this publicreport. |
| Othercashorbankbalances | 0.00 | Noneidentifedfrom records supplied. |
| Total cash funds identifed | 257.38 | Subject to PayPal balance confrmation ifapplicable. |
| Liabilities at 1January 2024 | Amount(£) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Creditors / unpaid invoices | 0.00 | None identifed from records supplied. |
| Loans oroverdrafts | 0.00 | Noneidentifed. |
| Other liabilities | 0.00 | Noneidentifed. |
Trustees' Annual Report and Receipts & Payments Accounts | 2 January 2023 to 1 January 2024