DIRECT HELP & ADVICE LTD.

Registered charity 1073231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DERBYSHIRE HOUSING AID, DERBYSHIRE HOUSING AID LTD

Direct Help & Advice (DHA) is an independent charity established in 1995 which promotes community cohesion and helps people out of debt, poverty, homelessness and into work and volunteering.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £1,237,758 and total expenditure of £1,142,308, resulting in a net movement in funds of £95,450. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £1,321,687 are adequate in respect of the reserves growth plan, and the auditor found no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £230k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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

• Justine Erika Claxtonchair
• David Walsh
• Leysa Relf

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD).

• DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD) income £295k
• DAD'S HOUSE income £389k
• DASH (DISABILITIES AND SELF HELP / DELIO AG ANABLEDD A SIALENS HUNANGYMORTH) income £200k
• DISABILITY DIRECT income £4.2m
• DOVER DEAL AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £368k
• DIAS - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTRE income £481k

Side by side with its peers

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