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DISABILITY INFORMA
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E HUP4TINGI)ONSHIR

ILrrY INFORMATION SERMCE HUPMNGDON
Report of th6 Trustees
Independent Examk*s Rewt
Slat8mfjnt of FnarKI81 Athities
Balanc¥ Sheot
8-10

ITY INFORMATION SERVICE HUP4TINGDONSHIRE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OR THE
END
31
The Trust8es wesent tr*ir retxyt ￿mIed 31st 2025.
Dlsabilty IrrfOrMati￿ Servi(¥ Hunthwire (Dl&l) &)rts1￿ as a Charitable In¢4wated OrganL8atlon
8fKI is a Reglstwed Ctrwrtty. number 1198841.
Regl$t•rod Offl¢•
6 Oak Drv4e, Hun11r￿d{)n. CambrKhJeshiTe. PE29 7HN
Tn•ste•s {a• 0131*1 March 2025)
Mr G Willwms
(Chalr)
Ms A Boss6
(Vice Chalr)
Ms M Chanaklra
ITreasurèrl
Mr D L Bov￿r¥
Mr M Griffln
Mr W V Templ&ton
Mr N C Wells
Ms G Wark
Ms A Lyon¥
Mr C Hardlng
Mrs N Bayle8
{r88fiw￿d 31.01.25)
(re*ned 17.09.24)
{•ppointed 17.1)9241
OBJECTIVES W4D ACTMTES
Obl•￿1v•S and alrn¥
DISH'S •lm• arn to:
. relieve Feople wlth (*8abltU08 and di¥a(fvantsggd pewlg aThJ th8 nelghbtyjrhood
Ihereof $0 that th8y mayload acll4E and fvNltr¥J INes iniegratad ¥rto scKi8ty.
- 6llminale discriminatK)n on the grourKls of race. 98ndef. dfsalmlity, Sexu￿ origntslion or relbion.
Ensurlng our work ddlv•rn our •lm•
Wo monltor and re￿eW all our deliv8rables tAthln our Tr￿ &)ard ¢ommlttee meettngs.
W8 monltor and rgvithv prow of Ihe and ts b8noffts th8 have broughl to IIK)6e gioups of paopl
we help. We regularty engagg cllénls ty ph￿￿ques1￿)nn&￿8sftestirn0n￿qIs lo rgquest fèedback on our
service. W8 infom fundgrs ofw pn)gre88.
We regularty. 8nd In ocL¥xdon¢o tp41th wr awe0m￿ty. Lyjate I￿r fuThJern.
Th• focu• of ourwtyk
Our main ofy'ectives for the Jtar ¢¢)ntknue to b8 thè w0vis¥￿ of inl(Ymalkni. adv￿ ¥*d w81ic818upport to
people of &ry ages V•ith any dlsablty In the d￿￿1. Fell￿d and Cambrldg8shirg.
. We carry txrt weware beneffts assessm￿￿. aryj mak8 apF4kattcm8. TN8 seThfjce b In great domand,
particuLtyrty tr Pèrsonal Indgperwjence PayYn8rrts {PIP} (adth). EmrA0YT￿t SUpp￿Ment Allowance IESAI
lad￿1. Attendance Alowance {AAI 18ld9ty1 and capab￿ for Work (UC50). Wo also 6upwt ctients ￿th
addition81 issues which m8y financi81 drffknAty.
- Our dients often ha￿ mult* negjs. and we (ther wisa¢rons Ilwh referyd and S￿npOSting
to suppcKt the n8&Js th8r8 DISH ¢anrnL
. At our disability frIer￿ty offte ￿ provKle to facg Interv￿ arKI we adbfjce ¢x) the phong.. Most
Importandy. though. for our many h¢XJsebC￿rKI clknis. ￿ mako hiThe vlsits. We Sp￿al again51 refus￿1
applicali¢)ns at Benefrts Tribunals. have s￿pr￿ted the In&)al appltcation. Very few organisallons
Iccally offer these partI￿laT sefvlces.
- W8Ware benefrt awrieati￿S are r￿pleX and time ctThUmi￿a. It can take w to 4 hour5 to c¥xnplg18 a PIP,
A4 or ESA form, Trjt Induding tlme to i*lain mwjcal, ￿luCa￿onal arKI s(Klal reKxxts from prrAessKffials. Thrs is
often an impossille t88k fr* th8 m05t our (xxnrnunlty. We estsbush relalionships aThJ trust wlth
our ctiants.

INF
IJIATION S
REPORT
FTHETR
E HUIfflN
STEE
PubllG bOn￿￿t
How our•ctlvllle• ddiv•r publk ￿n•fft
. Filling an advKe gap: Th8rg is currenty a Ixk of Suffici￿ kncal I￿￿[81e adv#x availabio to local pooplg wilh
dls8bllilies and c8rer8 of disabl&l Fw¥48. we m(Tr &fv8rsety affecled any other group by wrrent
welfare chang8s, and who nwj higher levels of guKJanc8 aThJ YJjPF￿i to ¢c￿n[A0t0 ￿ngthY and compli¢8led
app1kati￿ forms.
. Improving qu8lNy of Ille.. In ￿r experwce. ar￿ by researca). r￿1Virg apprcpriate &Svicé,
maxlmlslNJ incom8. and at¢ess to Th)t improves the lthj expen8r￿S of peoFAg
di8abllitses. bul also has a beneficial ¢ff0Ct ￿ meni818fKI phyTKal haallh. wnployablllty. and gèneral well ￿n9.
thus helpKo to rgduc8 pressure on othor Stretc￿ l(Thl NHSIStabJW ser¥ices.
- Reducing demar¥Js on Serv￿.. ￿ l*lp peop* in kxal ms identitsd a8 ry>*ets of depriv8kn, eg
Huntingdon North arrfj St Neots. to avold bè¢omiwJ reliant clwiti8s bcal authrrftti85 for crt81s htslp and
dlscretionary fvndlng.
- AddrtssirKJ digltsl oxdusion: l&klrwJ sep4k8s to dknls.. Dythent ol and P&nston8, arbj kjcal
Coundls increasingty proMd6 alm0518xchJsivdy wtfn8 8(xess to Se￿￿88. We can help d￿JItal￿ exduded
dL8ab￿1 p￿18, to mako ￿lIne •F*ation8. and give th8 d18abW I￿88t￿)Und acce88 to inf(Ymatlon and
8(IMcè IlYwJh home ¥￿118.
- Tdbunal Appeals: We prov¥Je informed supk¥xt to Appeal al TrbunaLs ag8lr£t fefused b8n811ts 8ppllcaUon8
for those who have no legal krv*tsdge. 8rKI cany aff(*d *al represents1K￿.
Who u••d and b•Tr•I￿ from our *•r¥lcos7
partn8r6 In th8 th8rtty and ¥olLxtsry in Hunbrythshire. F&*nd and S￿th Cambndwshiro. We
de con11Th￿ty of swNlce, havky clients th8 >wr& Muth galned by VKYd of moth.
. We have continued to tFKAe Fw1& *ith di8abltio8 are housgbLxJnd, and have providod onllno,
1010ffi he1[Ai￿ arKI ￿mall a¢fvic4. W& havo cOnd￿￿ed offi¢• based iilervievrJ.
. W8 ￿¥9 6uccessfulty rowesenbj clants at an inmwd Nmbèr of Appe818 to Benefts TrItr￿n&15.
- We recrult and train 4dunt¢gr8. The of our Man8pm￿l commiltee, staff and volunteers elther ha
a disabiw. ￿ havo exp8rien¢8 of c8riThJ for $￿e0n0 who h98 a dl8at*. giwng us unlqLO in8KJhts Into ¢oplnp
d￿?￿lity and the benefits 5￿t￿n.
. IAl8 have I￿11 egtsblished knks ¥Alh many slakotA)Id8r5 lo supFK¥t cll8nts. Those Includ8 NHS practk89,
health WolossiL￿a1S 8fKI other communItyth￿ organ158tk)n8. Ttw *8 abl8 to sigry>)Bl thalr cll8nts to our
$eThlca8.
. Through our bnk8 wllh part￿r a98￿Je$. ￿ h8V8 boon able to 8wpr6t wtA8 to those wtlo have 8W8118t
experuse In areas other than our8.
. We prowde value M￿&Y to w fundef8.' Ihro past T￿￿81 ￿ar (Awil 2024 to March 2025) vAth 13
pwt-llme stsff, wa dealt V*ilh 768 referrdb core supwrt and 120 referrals for our additK)nal $UPF￿rt
Ibeneflt thod(, lribunal SUFPOrt. 19lepho￿ iNJddy. gnhanced supwrtl for 71X) knd￿rydU3l8. In fin¥Ky81
terms, ￿ oblalned over £2.2m (annual equfvaent) in ￿lfare benefits dI￿tS.
. Government wellaro changes y+1￿ inNth a rrAlirwJ prDgramme of Trassossing the rwds of PIP cl￿nts, aThJ
th8 rolkJrt of Unlwsel c￿￿11. has progmsTh* wKrea$8d the need for cw 8ervke.

FORMATION
ERVICE H
RT OF THE TRUSTEES
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Fln¥n¢lal revlew
Annual Budgets arè sat *tsch form the tasls of wr exrmthre rth arNJ an act¢yJnt of actual income and
expenditure is roported to the Tn￿. at each meetsw. We adhgre to agreed fknand4
p￿CedUreS whi¢h follow th8 Charity CommissK)n guidelinès.
Rg¥orvg8 poIIcy
The Management C<Anmitte8 hès ex4wnir& U* dwrfisls r￿U1r•ments fcr roserves In Ilght of the main rfsks to
th8 organlsation. It has eststAthwJ a *thereby the unr6strict￿l furyls not Lxynmittgd or invested In
tangiblè fixed a8S8ts hold by tha ¢hty 81KxthJ bo bol*Ben 3 and 6 ol oxpondknrg.
The Charivs Trustees agreed that the reseNes pfv is to keep a minhnLTh unrestricted funds of £50.000 in thc
bank at any given tlmo to ensure Ihat Ihe chty can cwbtinue to d8fNer tho DISH F￿￿rnMe In ts long term.
Incomo
The totsl inc¥)mg recofrthl dwlrvJ the yaar wa8 £208.713.
or this, £169,744 w8s g￿t kKome. thrfth from d(Thb￿S from thnts. frier#ls 8nd furMJ481siry 8Ctlvll
nting to £28,693.
expendllurn
Durirq the 202*25 finandal J*ar t<knl oxpoTrJtbJr8 wa8 £271.173.
DISH has been priwlegod to be owarded suprxyt tPYwJh fvndirq a￿stir￿j granl dwor¥, nth¥ donor8 8nd
one off donors 88 well. TNS lThtver does not stop DISH from regularty invesWNJ and pursulng nv4¥
sourcas ol ffiJThJing. Pre86ure on L￿1 Aulhcrfty futwts and ts lThv retum from Ihg mcThy mark8t8 has
ontjnued to mako sl1u8￿n for I￿1 wrte d)thngtr(. and Short tm fundlng makes fiJtur•
pfanning drfficult.
We 8T8. a8 a￿￿y5, Ir• grBleful and oxY￿S wr th￿kS 10 all orwl38ilons th have supported u8,
Snduding..
The Rank Foundation
Ilationa7 Lottery
L 7oyds 8ank Foundat7on
Plerrepolnt Trust
Hunt7ngdon Freeman's Trust
Hunt7ngdon D7strict Counc7 1
PEM Chari table Trust
Cambr7dge C7 ty Counci 7
The Evelyn Trust
National Lottery
South Cambs D75tr7ct Counc77
The Langley Trust
We havo also had a number of cash donth from frierth aTrJ dients. arKI fr(Kn fund ral￿TrJ actfvilw. We
tirth to thank all tfrM>se *Jdllknal org8th1th arml who have swporteAV￿ntlnU8 lo support us.
Ongolng fundlng
With our budget￿ costs expec￿ to bo £299.895 for the 31 Marth 2026 and, a￿at Y•P continue
to reG￿ gerw(￿S lavels of th)nations. we ￿11 Contin￿ lo seek to ap￿f￿ &*JitI￿tal grants vth8rover
FK)5sible in ordar lo ensure our reseN8s Is oJnforW malntain&l.

INFORMATION
ERVICE H
NTIN
REPORT
FTHETR
STEE
CH
8TATE•AENT OF TRIISTEES RESPONSIBILMES
The trustees are resKx)rth for PrnFWiry th8 TnJ5tO8s' Rewt f￿￿181 ststemwts in attordarKe
applicabla law arKI Uniled lfjwd￿n A￿ntIng Starykn (Untted KtryS)m Generalty Accepted
AcC￿ntIng Practice).
The law appllcable to charlties in England & Wares r&wiros the tI￿t89s to wepare finarxlal stslements
for 88ch ftn8ncial year gNe a Irue a￿1 lair view ol the state ol ￿ affalrs of the Gharfty ané of the
Incoming res¢JJrces and aw4icakn of res￿re89 of thg charfty for I￿t perh)d. In prep8ring these finartial
8t8tèm￿ts, the tru8tses are rerNknJ to:
- select suttabl8 a¢cwnling rx)fk*s a￿1 8prty1t￿rn C￿81918n￿,
- observe the methods and prinCI￿kn in the Charity SORP 2019 (FRS 11Y2}:
- makè judgements and 83￿MateS Ihat ar8 reas￿8b￿ and Wud￿1.
. state whether applicaLle accounllrKJ starvjards have bggn fL4k)W￿l. gut4oc* to materlgl departw&s
disclosed and extAained in the financlaf statements:
. preparè th6 financial S￿t￿)ent8 on tho gma concem bAth bt18 Inopwcykte to prosume that
the charlty ￿11 c4JnliThJ8 In op&rabcm.
The 1rn8ts08 we resprritle frjr k41eth acC(wj￿TrJ r8cxxds that 4thgekn6 *ilh rea8onabl& ac￿raCY al
any Im8 Ihe finar￿181 p05iUon ot tha charity and enable them to onsure that thts financ4al stataments
compty with Chariti85 Acl 2011. th8 Ch&ity {Ac￿nts and ReP￿ts) R8oulations 2008 and the provisk)ns
of the Constbtutson. They arè al80 re8p)n81blg ts Safeg￿rdiffj ts assets of the tharity and hencg for taklng
reasonable sty for the ¢Y8venlk)n and dele¢ti￿ of froud other irregularlJ88.
The Charws b8nkars arn CAF <Chwili8s Ald F4Jmd8tl￿1
Th8 Indepgndent Examlnor18 K F Grogn. tr*Jln9 as Ta¢C￿l. Green & Co.
Apwoved by order of lh8 t*)ar(l of tru8tee8 and 8y)ed on Its boh8W by..
3131ioll
G Willams- Chair of Trusteos
Dalwj

INDEPENDEKf EXAMINER3 REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF
BILITY INFORMATION SERVICE HUNTINGDON
I roport to the charlty trvstees on my examinatK)n ofthe a(yxxmts of Ihe for th8 ended
315t March 2025 4*Mch are set cKrt on pajes 6 to 10.
R•sponslbllltks and ba%1• of rwt
As the tharitys In￿te8S are respcrftsible ILY the [Kepar*￿ of the accthints In ￿)rdance wilh
tho requirèm•nts of lh8 Charfties Act 2011 Acr
I rewrt in rosp￿t of my ex￿Inall￿ of ts ¢hwitys aCC￿nts carr￿d ¢Jrt ur#Jer 80clion 145 of thg Act
and in c8nying out my examinati1￿ I have fL41￿￿￿j all the DiroctM)n8 gi¥en by Iha Charity
Commlsslon under seclion 145(5Xb} of the ALt.
Ind•p•nd•nt •x*mln•f• thl•m
I t*V8 ccfflpleled my exam¥￿th)n. I c(¥fflm that rn material matt6r¥ have come to my attenlon
In ¢onneclion *ith the examinadon me (¥uso to bkne that in any materfal r06F*cL'
1. a¢owntlng record8 were nL* W In ro8peL% ofth& chwty as rnJulr•d by Jeclkn 130 of Ihg AIX. or
2. the ac¢cKmts do not a¢cc*d wbth ro¢(¥d8: or
3. 8cc(xrts do ncrt compty with ts appl￿ rtyulrements concemlng the fomi cc￿lent
of tho accounts Yet out In tha Charthes IPu(xmts JrKI Re{￿ts) RegulatKTh 2008 othor than
any r¢qulremenl that the accounts w a Irue and falr vi8vl vthk*18 not a mattor ¢onsK19red
as part of 8n ￿￿er￿Jen1 exam#Mt
I have no corK8ms and have come acrosg no olh8T matters In ¢onnection vthi Ihè examln8bon
to which attentim should ba drawm in thls In ¢Jrdgr to eftablo 8 woper undèr8tsndiw of
tho accounts lo bo fvaGhed.
K F Groen {FMAATI
32a East Street
St. Ives
Cambs
PE27 5PD

NFORMA
YEAR EN
2024
Total
funds
Don•lton¥ a tsgad••
Grarrts
D￿RI1¢)n$
Other i￿¥
39.083 1￿.661
119.744
299.703
17,829
3,019
320,331
4783
68.739 135.461 204,201
kn¥•str￿1 Incom•
Intere81 rOC￿j
4.512
4.512
4,512
4S12
Total In¢oml•w moure••
73,252 135.461 208.713
325.035
R•l•lng don•tlon• &14xl••
S¢aff salarth & Nl
87.628 143.232 230.8S9
224770
Support ¢￿t*
Rent, Tatss & swvk¥ c*arge
Stsff & ¥￿L￿t￿Or travel
Postage & $18knery
Tdephor
Insurance
Conf•ror￿¥ & tr8ining
Adv8rtislng 8 ythyicthn
Sub8criplk)ns
R8polr¥ & comwtar (yJ8lJ
AcccyJnt8ncy
Prof88sk)nal fo8$
Mls¢•llanewB exp8fY
7.670
1.378
10.170
9.197
1.408
1.265
1,919
521
1.OLTh)
2.472
2.051
1.247
3.051
1.144
7.035
1,144
1037
1.179
925
4.321
431
740
5,610
513
2m3
Flnanc•
B8nk charge8
31
Tot•1 rMourc•• oxp•nd
114.321
156,853 271.173
273A52
Net IncornfyllExp•ndltur•l
{41,rMI (21.3911 162A801
51,583
Accum[d8￿ funds bro￿h1 ffyMf8fd
91.fffj) 108231
199.311
147,728
mul•t•d funds carrl•d forn*rd
).011
86,840 14851
I￿.311

TION SERVI
PrnNGDONSHI
31
2025
Total
2024
Total
fvnd*
fund•
Cufrnnt aM•ts
Debtcxs
Current a¢count
Deposit accounts
Cash in hand
31.618
226.473
46.158
103,842
150.000
103.842
159,308
258.091
L••s Curr•nt Il•blllti
Credltors a ?￿njal8
5.4551
15,455)
17,C02
{17.CM)2}
22.457
(44571
58.780
199.311
50.011
86,840
136,851
199,311
FUND8
Unr••trfthd lund•
50.011
50.011
91,080
Re8trlct•d Fund•
108.231
50.011
86,840
136,851
199.311
Th8se acc(￿nts Y+Yre apwovod ¢)n beh*f on Iho C£￿￿8
G William¥- Chalr of Trustgas
D 8owers- Trustee
Dated..
giE176zg

OTH
D31
CH 202
ACCOUNTING POUCES
B*¥h of prnparfng th• Ilnanclal 8tat•m¢nts
The financial slalements of the char#at*Je comp8ny. Is # ber￿rt entity under FRS 102,
have been prepar￿1 In *cord8nce *ith the Chaiilies SORP IFRS 102) Ac£ountiTrJ and Reportlng by
chari￿0$.. Statement of Recommendod Practice appIl￿blo *) charitios praparirwJ Ihoir accounts in
ac(>Jrtl8n¢e wrth th6 Finarul Re[￿1ng Standard applt8t49 in UK arNI Republic of Ireland
issued in Octob8r 2019. the Finandal R6KXx1N￿ Staryjard appkablg in the UK and Republic of Ireland
IFRS 1021. Fin&Kial Staloments have Iwi prepwed hisloricAI (x>st ccwntion.
The TnJ8te6s consider that ts fknancl818latements can be prepared on ¥ gory concom basis
as th818vel of r¢sgrves and irwme are 8uffident to ensur8 the Truste6$ can m88t thdr Ilnandal
01￿19a￿onS for th6 next 12 to 18 montFL8 th8 Charity 1$ a gcHng 1)xKam.
Ineom•
Irthme 1$ reeognl8od in ts Stalemant of Fkn&nd￿ Admues the has entlO8mont to
th• lund8, It is probable that the Income bo rel￿nd and ts amount can bo measured rolkqtty.
Donath and or8nts are tr8aW as incé)me any c(mditM)n8 Imwsed by tho d[￿Or have b88n
Exp•ndhuv•
Liabilities ar8 reeconisgd 88 expenditure as swn as Ihèro b a Iyl or o)nstructlve Ob1￿0b0n
commitbng charty to tsl expanditurg, It18 w(thblè that a transfer of eccffbomic b8neffts wlll be
requlred In seluement a￿1 ts arn￿nt of ts obfyUc4) can be m88sured rellably. Expendtture18
accounted for on an accruals basls a￿1 h85 been dassi￿ under headirvJs Ihal aggrggale all c081
related lo tho category. WI￿re costs cam)t bg dirw atlnbul&J to partKular Wlros they have
been albcatad to acbvitses on a l)asis c￿81$tOrtt *ilh tho u8e of resources.
Fund Kcountlng
Unrestrtdod funds c8n b9 U8&1 In 8c(xKd8nce *lth th8 thanlable at U* discreknon of t
Irustses.
Re8tr1ct&l fuThJ8 C￿ bo used lor porti￿1#r rgstrlded wrpo80s *itt*) the obJKts of the thadty.
Restriction8 0rf80 vthen 8poofi•J by the or fund8 arg ra*•Y for pard￿lar rothcted
purpose8.

ABILrrY
THE
NOT
Thef0 trustoes, remuneratkn or oU*r benellts tr Ihe w endod 31st Marth 202S r¥Y
far the andod 31st March 2024.
There rw) tru8t888' exp￿$86 p8hJ for th8 31st 2￿5 nor for th8 year
end&J 31st M￿1 2024.
2025
2024
Tho averwdg number of ￿npl￿)￿s durfrvJ I￿ >B8rw8s as I￿.
13
11
No em￿0￿ rec¢lved amoluments kn exc￿ (rf £60.(K#).
2025
2024
Grants receTvalAe
nonts
Cr•dknrn
2025
2024
Tradg credltlX8
Social securty a￿1 olher tsxes
Accrued 8xp8nge5
(Xher creditors
Grants recelwj kn wjvance
1.183
3,696
740
717
3.312
925
17,￿2
22.457

Note
MOVEMENT IN FUND8
Net movwnent
fvrMd5
As81
31.3.2025
1.42024
UnMtrlct•d funds
91,080
(41.069)
50.011
R8•trt¢l•d lund•
108.231
<21,391)
86.840
TOT￿ FUNDS
Net movement n funds, I￿￿￿18d In the ab￿ are a8 fdkn*B:
In(x)mirvJ
Goin8 &
k)8888
Movgment
In fund$
UnrMtrlct•d fund•
73.252
{114,321)
141,0691
R•8trl¢t•d fund•
135.461
(156.853)
{21.391)
TOTAL FUNDS
71
10