Disability Assist for Independent Living

Analysis

Disability Assist for Independent Living is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent Medical Campus. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04854897). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Disability Assist for Independent Living reported income of £278k and spending of £265k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £176k to £278k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Disability Assist for Independent Living sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South East Dorset Community Accessible Transport (£278k), Hogarth Charitable Trust Company Limited (£279k) and Finchley Foodbank (£278k).