2025-10-31-accounts - Disaster Action

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 11 2024 31 10 2025

From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by

Disaster Action

Registered charity number (if any) 1180287

Charity's principal address 12 LEIGHTON GARDENS LONDON

Postcode NW10 3PT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Sophie Tarassenko
	Moya Millicent Wood-Heath
	Iain James Dominic Philpott
	Edie Macgill Fassnidge		08/11/24 onwards
















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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

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO Foundation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Trustee selection methods

(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;
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.

Section C Objectives and activities

TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC

Summary of the objects of the

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charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)	GENERALLY OR OF ANY SECTION OF THE PUBLIC AND OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AGAINST DISASTERS INVOLVING MULTIPLE DEATHS OR INJURY OR EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY, WHERE SUCH DISASTERS OCCUR IN PUBLIC PLACES AND WHETHER BY LAND, WATER OR AIR, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES TO DEVISE, RESEARCH, CARRY OUT, MAKE KNOWN, DISSEMINATE, ADVOCATE, EXPLAIN AND ADVANCE PRINCIPLES AND METHODS FOR SECURING OR FURTHERING THE PREVENTION OF AND PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS LIKELY TO GIVE RISE TO SUCH DISASTERS.
	PROVIDE SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE GENERALLY TO THOSE INCLUDING DEPENDANTS AND FAMILIES, WHO HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE AFFECTED BY SUCH DISASTERS OR MAY BE SO AFFECTED IN THE FUTURE.

charity set out in its governing
document
Summary of the main activities
undertaken for the public benefit
in relation to these objects
(include within this section the
statutory declaration that
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit)

GENERALLY OR OF ANY SECTION OF THE PUBLIC
AND OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AGAINST
DISASTERS INVOLVING MULTIPLE DEATHS OR
INJURY OR EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS OR PROPERTY, WHERE SUCH
DISASTERS OCCUR IN PUBLIC PLACES AND
WHETHER BY LAND, WATER OR AIR, AND IN
PARTICULAR FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSES TO
DEVISE, RESEARCH, CARRY OUT, MAKE KNOWN,
DISSEMINATE, ADVOCATE, EXPLAIN AND ADVANCE
PRINCIPLES AND METHODS FOR SECURING OR
FURTHERING THE PREVENTION OF AND
PROTECTION AGAINST ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS
LIKELY TO GIVE RISE TO SUCH DISASTERS.

PROVIDE SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE
GENERALLY TO THOSE INCLUDING DEPENDANTS
AND FAMILIES, WHO HAVE BEEN OR MAY BE
AFFECTED BY SUCH DISASTERS OR MAY BE SO
AFFECTED IN THE FUTURE.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main Responded to circa 40 requests including signposting, information, achievements of the charity speakers and support. during the year Maintain website. Discussions about the future of the organisation including governance structure change, solvent wind up, merge or transfer. Reached decision that for the short term at least, Disaster Action should continue as a CIO.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially 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 (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Edie Fassnidge Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 28/08/26

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Disaster Action 1180287 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 11/1/2024 10/31/2025 To

For the period from

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

Total funds Last year

to the nearest £

to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)

A2 Asset and investment sales,
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A4 Asset and investment
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A5 Transfers between funds		-	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds	last year end	13,767	-	-	13,767	-
**Cash funds this year end **		13,767	-	-	13,767	-

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Details Details Details Details Details Signature *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 13,767 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Edith Fassnidge Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional)	to nearest £ Endowment funds
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			Date of approval
		Edith Fassnidge	8/25/2026