Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 5
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

DERBYSHIRE ASBESTOS SUPPORT TEAM 

We help and support anyone with an asbestos related disease. We support people throughout the East Midlands as well as Burton on Trent and Peterborough. We offer advice and support with welfare benefits uptake including the Government Compensation Schemes. We offer advice about making a civil claim. As well as acting as a support group. We also offer bereavement support.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£161,483£231,284£-69,8010
31/03/22£193,036£190,030£3,0062
31/03/21£427,029£151,883£275,1465
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

https://asbestossupport.co.uk/

dast.admin@dast.org.uk

01246380415

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Derby City, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring for Asbestos Disease Carers
£2,360 20/01/2023
The funding will be used to provide a support service for those caring with someone with an asbestos disease. There will be talks for both patient and carers with topics relevant to both and give ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Meeting Complex Grief
£67,960 25/06/2021
The group will use its funding to offer concentrating and targeted help to those experiencing complex grief as a result of being bereaved during the pandemic. The group intends to increase resources ....more
Alex Ferry Foundation - AFF communuity grant
£5,000 14/07/2020
community grant
National Lottery Community Fund - Together Against Asbestos
£98,924 26/11/2018
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With this funding, the group will set up regular meetings for patients and carers affected by asbestos diseases. This will provide mutual support for people to improve their wellbeing, as well as ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/10/2019, number: 1186006
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from DERBYSHIRE ASBESTOS SUPPORT TEAM on 06/07/2020
Main office

DAST
1 Rose Hill East
CHESTERFIELD
S40 1NU

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AND ITS ENVIRONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE INCLUDING BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FOR THOSE BEREAVED THROUGH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES INCLUDING THE HAZARDS POSED TO HEALTH BY ASBESTOS.3. TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AND ITS ENVIRONS SUFFERING BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS THROUGH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE BY THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE TO SUCH PERSONS. 4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES. 5. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO THE HAZARDS POSED TO HEALTH BY ASBESTOS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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