# DISABILITY AID TRUST (DAT) FORMERLY KNOWN AS HANDICAPPED AID TRUST (HAT)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 284791
- **Other names:** HANDICAPPED AID TRUST (HAT), H A T
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Dec. 9, 1982
- **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=284791


## Contact

- **Address:** PO Box 344, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
- **Postcode:** FY8 9JG
- **Phone:** 07483919822
- **Email:** secretary@disabilityaidtrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.disabilityaidtrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) THE RELIEF OF DISABLED AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS BY ENABLING SUCH PERSONS TO TAKE HOLIDAYS WHERE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS WILL BE THEREBY IMPROVED AND WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH PROVISION BY REASON OF THEIR DISABILITY 2) TO HELP TOWARDS THE COST OF THE HELPERS OF SEVERELY DISABLED PEOPLE ON HOLIDAY WHERE THESE COSTS CANNOT BE MET BY THE HELPER OR FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE, AND WHERE THE DISABLED PERSON WOULD BE UNABLE TO GO ON HOLIDAY WITHOUT SOMEONE TO ASSIST HIM OR HER WITH EVERYDAY NEEDS

**Activities:** The object of the trust is to help disabled people to take a holiday of their choice, by providing or assisting in the provision of finance for necessary carers, this is when the applicant although able to pay for their own holiday, is unable to provide funds to pay for the cost of a carer, the carer can not find all the costs and the costs are not available from elsewhere.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

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



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 31, 2024 | £2683 | £6741 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2023 | £1112 | £5248 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2022 | £736 | £6339 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2021 | £1080 | £1372 | — | — |
| Oct. 31, 2020 | £1496 | £3940 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANTONY BERWICK** (Chair) — appointed March 2, 2012
- DAVID WILLIAM LATHAM ACIB
- DR KADABA SRINATH VASUDEV D.L.
- DR Naveen Vasudev — appointed March 9, 2016
- David Williamson — appointed March 29, 2018
- Emma Jane Morton — appointed March 22, 2017
- George Keith Holden — appointed Sept. 17, 2012
- MICHAEL JOHN HARDY CHEADLE BDS
- Norman Joseph Hill — appointed Aug. 6, 2012
- Simon Steele — appointed March 9, 2016