DIAL WAKEFIELD

Registered charity 1003466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides Advocacy, advice and information

Objects

TO RELIEVE DISABLED PEOPLE PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, PRACTICAL HELP AND SUPPORTIVE COUNSELLING FOR DISABLED PEOPLE OR FOR THEIR CARERS.

Area of benefit: WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

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

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wakefield MDC — “DIAL is currently funded by Wakefield MDC and NHS Wakefield District.” (source page)
• NHS Wakefield District — “DIAL is currently funded by Wakefield MDC and NHS Wakefield District.” (source page)

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

Common questions

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.

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
• WAY UK income £210k
• THE WAQF FUND income £563k
• Prosper Wakefield District Ltd income £727k
• WOOLF INSTITUTE income £835k

Side by side with its peers

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