Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability

Registered charity 1066584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABILITY, CHESTERFIELD AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY

Services provided include health and social care provision, crisis outreach services for children and young adults, day services for elderly people, the development of independent living skills for young people and various community activities.Respite services and supported living.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.4m

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £299,898 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased fee rates and the sale of a property. Free reserves stood at £959,440, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £543,000, representing three months of expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £70,001 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £70,001 - £80,000 1 1” — page 31

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £959k)

“A 3-month period of expenditure is considered sufficient for this purpose, for which the Trustees estimate a figure of around £543,000 would be required to cover expenses and continue running the Charity in its current format.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BHP LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).
Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03442643
Trading subsidiary: ABILITY SUPPORTED LIVING DERBYSHIRE LIMITED Companies House 08632523

ABILITY SUPPORTED LIVING DERBYSHIRE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Profit before tax: £31k
Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £22k
Amounts owed to group undertakings: £42,465 (2025) vs £69,419 (2024)

“Gift aid distribution - (21,603)”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chesterfield And District Society For People With A Learning Disability (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

RENSHAW, Jared James — director, appointed 04/09/2023on trustee list
COOLING, Gareth Richard — director, appointed 09/12/2022on trustee list
HOLMES, Thomas David — director, appointed 04/09/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Chesterfield & District Society for People with a Learning Disability — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 09/04/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£2.4m

Total spending

£2.1m

Reserves (reported)

£649k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

Gareth Richard Cooling
Jared Renshaw Mr
THOMAS DAVID HOLMES

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£2.4m	£2.1m
31/03/2024	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/03/2023	£1.9m	£1.9m
31/03/2022	£1.9m	£1.8m
31/03/2021	£1.9m	£1.7m

Common questions

Is Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £299,898 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by increased fee rates and the sale of a property. Free reserves stood at £959,440, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £543,000, representing three months of expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by BHP LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,001 - £80,000 band.

Who funds Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability as a grant recipient include ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE A M FENTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE A M FENTON TRUST	FY2022	£3k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/07/2005	£151k	Enhance the support offered to people with learning disabilities

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£374k
THE LINBURY TRUST	1	£185k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£40k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£31k
THE GEOFFREY AND PAULINE MARTIN TRUST	1	£25k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	1	£10k
JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAMILY CARE TRUST.

FAMILY CARE TRUST income £4.2m
Caring for Communities and People income £13.0m
FAIRPLAY income £2.0m
DEWIS CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING income £2.1m
Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
LOCAL SOLUTIONS income £14.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Chesterfield and District Society for People with a Disability	£2.4m	£70,001 - £80,000	—	above	—	no doubt
FAMILY CARE TRUST FY2025	£4.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Caring for Communities and People FY2026	£13.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FAIRPLAY FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
DEWIS CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	within	—	no doubt
Learning Disability Network London Limited FY2025	£22.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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