DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM

Registered charity 1023730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DABD, Enabling Independence

Independent living support, accessible transport services, supported employment training, training and personal development, personalcare support, community development, disabled & inclusive children's services, NVQ centre, welfare benefit/rights support, advocacy, integrated provision for deaf people (adults & young people), equipment service, dial-a-wheelchair, volunteering (all abilities).

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £133,077 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £232,935. The trustees confirm that the charity remains a going concern with sufficient resources and plans in place to continue operations for at least twelve months from the date of signing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

CQC provider record: Disablement Association of Barking and Dagenham — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 28/09/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Disablement Association of Barking and Dagenham: Good (13/11/2024) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/08/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Graham Edwards · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sangeeta Pindoria

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARKING AND DAGENHAM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

• BARKING AND DAGENHAM COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE income £375k
• WHITBY, SCARBOROUGH AND RYEDALE DISABILITY ACTION GROUP income £150k
• SOUTHWARK DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION income £1.5m
• BARKING & DAGENHAM YOUTH ZONE income £1.8m
• HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £131k
• CARERS CENTRE SA LTD income £866k

Side by side with its peers

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