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WALES MOBILITY DRIVING ASSESSMENT SERVICE

Registered charity 1056588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WALES DISABLED DRIVERS ASSESSMENT CENTRE

To provide a high quality mobility and driving assessment service, conveniently accessible to all communities and equipped to meet the present and future needs of elderly and disabled people living in all Wales by enabling them to resume or remain independently mobile

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Latest income
£655k
Latest spending
£616k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £235,265 to £221,517, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The trustees note that the charity's future funding is uncertain due to a Welsh Government review, and they have utilized reserves to fill funding gaps for employing staff.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months of expenditure (held: £222k)
“It is the policy of the charity to work towards accumulating unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets representing between three and six months of expenditure.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The Welsh Government’s review of their current grant funding arrangements does introduce uncertainty in terms of whether WMDAS will continue to be grant funded from 2026-27 and beyond and if so what level of grant funding we will receive.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income
£664k
Total spending
£616k
Reserves (reported)
£104k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£655k£616k
31/03/2024£666k£616k
31/03/2023£595k£594k
31/03/2022£487k£556k
31/03/2021£464k£472k

Common questions

Is WALES MOBILITY DRIVING ASSESSMENT SERVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £235,265 to £221,517, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. The trustees note that the charity's future funding is uncertain due to a Welsh Government review, and they have utilized reserves to fill funding gaps for employing staff. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MOTABILITY1£665k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY1£4k
J N DERBYSHIRE TRUST1£3k
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST1£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with REGIONAL DRIVING ASSESSMENT CENTRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WALES MOBILITY DRIVING ASSESSMENT SERVICE£655k—0unclear—noted
REGIONAL DRIVING ASSESSMENT CENTRE FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
DRIVING MOBILITY FY2025£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
DRIVE FY2025£25.2m——above—no doubt
THE FEDERATION OF DISABILITY SPORT WALES LIMITED FY2024£1.2mUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
OUR CENTRE FY2025£328k—0unclear—no doubt

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