DIAL WAKEFIELD

Registered charity 1003466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Advocacy, advice and information

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Latest income

£139k

Latest spending

£99k

Registered

1991

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £40,671 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £134,766. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £106,846, which is within the stated policy range of £50,000 to £110,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum £50k, maximum £110k, covering at least 6 months of services (held: £107k)

“The minimum reserve level of £50k, and the maximum reserve level of £110k will remain unchanged. The period for which reserved funds would be used to enable continuation of services is currently stated as for at least 6 months, with the intention to continue for up to 12 months if possible, and these periods will remain.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dial Wakefield (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID JONESchair
Brian Rawson
Elzbieta Filipek
JOHN SYKES
MARK SLATER
Simon James Ramshaw · trustee of 1 other charity
Yvonne Rawson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£139k	£99k
31/03/2024	£86k	£89k
31/03/2023	£84k	£83k
31/03/2022	£79k	£86k
31/03/2021	£92k	£109k

Common questions

Is DIAL WAKEFIELD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £40,671 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £134,766. Per the trustees' report, free reserves excluding fixed assets stood at £106,846, which is within the stated policy range of £50,000 to £110,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£500k
LOCAL TRUST	1	£122k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£90k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	1	£89k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£69k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£57k
THE DAWES TRUST	1	£43k
THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAKEFIELD DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX.

WAKEFIELD DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.0m
AGE UK WAKEFIELD DISTRICT income £3.0m
THE WAQF FUND income £563k
Prosper Wakefield District Ltd income £727k
WOOLF INSTITUTE income £835k
THE WORTH FOUNDATION LIMITED income £653k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DIAL WAKEFIELD	£139k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WAKEFIELD DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AGE UK WAKEFIELD DISTRICT FY2025	£3.0m	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE WAQF FUND FY2024	£563k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Prosper Wakefield District Ltd FY2024	£727k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
WOOLF INSTITUTE FY2025	£835k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.