DISABILITY DIRECT

Charity number: 1079831
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Disability Direct is a support service for disabled people. We are also an umbrella agency for smaller groups of disabled people. We are an organisation of disabled people and currently employ 14 paid staff and 35 volunteers.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£3,254,872

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Donations and legacies £8.04k
Charitable activities £320.64k
Other trading activities £2.82m
Investments £109.22k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£3,123,204

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Raising funds £1.96m
Charitable activities £1.16m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £1.96m
Charitable expenditure £1.16m
Retained for future use £131.67k

People

70 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£80k to £90k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Barnet
  • Derbyshire
  • Kent
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Rutland
  • Surrey
  • Wigan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 March 2000: Standard registration
  • 10 April 2012: Funds received from 1013873 DERBY COMMUNITY TRANSPORT
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
03891119 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Robin Wood Chair
None on record
Candice Ridley Trustee 16 January 2025
None on record
Dr Adarsh Batra Trustee 16 January 2025
None on record
Amin Saquib Trustee 01 July 2024
None on record
Rajvinder Gharmount Trustee 01 January 2024
None on record
Stephen Peter Aspey Trustee 20 July 2023
None on record
Peter Cade Trustee 01 February 2023
None on record
Dominic Rees-Jones Trustee 01 May 2021
None on record
Simer Sall Trustee 01 November 2020
None on record
DAVID MOSS Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £1.32m £1.56m £1.51m £2.37m £3.25m
Total expenditure £1.34m £1.37m £1.42m £1.98m £3.12m
Income from government contracts £70.00k N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A £53.75k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £9.61k £6.28k £1.95k £2.51k £8.04k
Income - Other trading activities £1.21m £1.05m £1.28m £1.99m £2.82m
Income - Charitable activities £60.75k £479.45k £177.82k £312.29k £320.64k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £41.46k £21.20k £32.14k £55.05k £109.22k
Income - Other £0 £177 £18.54k £6.18k £0
Income - Legacies £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Charitable activities £591.62k £675.70k £645.88k £738.80k £1.16m
Expenditure - Raising funds £743.56k £690.96k £778.30k £1.24m £1.96m
Expenditure - Governance £0 £8.53k £8.85k £14.00k £17.05k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £590.39k £537.50k £488.15k £440.21k £416.16k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £301.36k £380.73k £486.76k £914.18k £1.04m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £252.73k £86.69k £53.78k £44.18k £68.06k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 01 February 2024 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 01 February 2024 1 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 24 March 2022 52 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 24 March 2022 52 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 10 February 2021 10 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 30 March 2021 58 days late Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMO AND ARTS INCORPORATED 9 DECEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION 13 FEBRUARY 2000 AND 27 JULY 2000 AS AMENDED 27 APRIL 2007

Charitable objects

SHALL BE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN DERBY AND IN THE SURROUNDING REGIONS, BY THE PROVISION OF, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION: A DROP IN CENTRE TO FACILITATE INDEPENDENT LIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION AND ADVICE WHICH DIRECTLY RELIEVES THE NEED OF THE BENEFICIARIES WHETHER THEY HAVE A LEARNING DIFFICULTY OR PHYSICAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT AND IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SERVICES WHICH EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FACILITATES DISABLED PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

DERBY AND IN THE SURROUNDING REGIONS

Contact information

Address:
Disability Direct
The Richard Shaw Centre
20 Royal Scot Road, Pride Park
DERBY
DE24 8AJ
Phone:
01332404040
Email:
accounts@disabilitydirect.com
Website:

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