BUSINESS DISABILITY FORUM
Registered charity 1018463 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EMPLOYERS FORUM ON DISABILITY
Business Disability Forum is a membership charity which promotes through its Partners and Members the economic and social inclusion of disabled people. Its key activities are: the provision of advice, consultancy and training aimed at increasing 1) employment opportunities in business and the public sector for disabled people and 2) the accessibility to goods and services for disabled people.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £2,586,691, exceeding the trustees' target of £1,740,992, which represents five months of operational funds. The charity reported a net income surplus of £74,039 for the year, driven by growth in membership and consultancy income, while maintaining a healthy cash position supported by significant deferred income. The trustees and auditors 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
Largest income source: Membership fees
“Membership remained our major income contributor, with our Membership Income growing 7.1% in the year to £3,670,663”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: five months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.6m)
“The trustees have agreed the target level of reserves for the end of the 2024/25 financial year should be £1,740,992. This represents the level of funds in the upcoming budget year required to run the charity for five months.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Adrian Ward — Director of Operations (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Stephen John Inghamchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Angela Marie Whitty
- Dr Shaun Paul Davis
- Fiona Daniel · trustee of 1 other charity
- Hannah Mallett
- Ian Robert Callaghan
- John Conray McCalla-Leacy
- Oliver Gerald Holbourn
- Paul Andrew Smyth
- Paul David Wilden
- Phillip Andrew Wolfenden · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rebecca Louise Hitchings · trustee of 1 other charity
- Simon Cunnifee
- Victoria Mary Florence Cleland
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BUSINESS DISABILITY FORUM financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £2,586,691, exceeding the trustees' target of £1,740,992, which represents five months of operational funds. The charity reported a net income surplus of £74,039 for the year, driven by growth in membership and consultancy income, while maintaining a healthy cash position supported by significant deferred income. The trustees and auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
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