THE DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE

Registered charity 1041712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Disability Information and Advice ServicesPersonalisation Support ServicesEquipment Display ServicesHealth, Learning and Work related ServicesAssociated Disability related projects

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING THEIR CARE, EDUCATION, ACCOMODATION, TRAINING, DEVELOPMENT, OCCUPATION, SELF-DETERMINATION AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity delivered a modest surplus of £9,559 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following a period of consolidation and reduced staffing. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £289,845, which equates to approximately six months of operating expenditure, sitting comfortably within its stated policy target of three to six months. However, the Independent Examiner drew attention to a material uncertainty relating to the renewal of contracted income, with approximately £192,596 of income at risk if certain contracts due in March 2026 are not renewed.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Disability Resource Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JILL PICKchair
• BAERBEL DENNIS
• Bjarne Steen Pedersen
• Dr Devmini Jayamanne
• Dr KAY TAYLOR
• Sandra Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas Barber

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton · Northamptonshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DEWIS CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.

• DEWIS CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING income £2.1m
• DISABILITY STOCKPORT CIO income £1.5m
• EQUALITY TOGETHER income £1.2m
• EMPLOYMENT RESOURCE CENTRE income £395k
• MOSAIC 1898 LTD income £2.2m
• DISABILITY LAW SERVICE income £899k

Side by side with its peers

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