# EQUIPMENT FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 228438
- **Other names:** THE NATIONAL TRUSS AND SURGICAL APPLIANCE SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 24, 1964
- **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=228438


## Contact

- **Address:** Park Cottage, Donhead St. Andrew, SHAFTESBURY, Dorset
- **Postcode:** SP7 9DZ
- **Phone:** 01747828789
- **Email:** equipmentforindependentliving@btinternet.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF THE POOR SUFFERING FROM DISABILITY AND TO ASSIST THOSE IN SUCH NEED, TO OBTAIN THE MEANS OF MOBILITY, INDEPENDENCE AND EARNING POWER

**Activities:** GRANTS TO DISABLED PEOPLE TOWARDS PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT (eg POWERED WHEELCHAIRS) WHICH WILL HELP THEM TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £25368 | £55976 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £27220 | £11100 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £24077 | £12860 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £24941 | £27102 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £22541 | £30197 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SUSAN Bennett** (Chair)
- Alistair John Stoker — appointed Jan. 1, 1990
- ELIOT CHARLES ANTHONY WOOLF — appointed Sept. 26, 2011
- Esther McDonnell — appointed July 20, 2017
- JANET HILLMAN
- JUNE Williams
- Rosemary Amran — appointed Jan. 31, 2019
- William Kirkpatrick Mumford Young — appointed April 28, 2022