DOBCROFT AFTER SCHOOL HOURS CARE (DASH)

Registered charity 1078129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DASH

Provision of a safe, friendly environment for the daily care, recreation and learning of children aged 4 to 11 years during out of school hours.

Objects

1. TO PROVIDE A SAFE, FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DAILY CARE, RECREATION AND LEARNING OF CHILDREN AGED 4-11 YEARS DURING OUT OF SCHOOL HOURS2. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

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 · Recreation · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £99,201, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of three months' running costs. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £24,493 for the year, resulting in a positive cash position with no current liabilities exceeding current assets.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03812129

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.

• GRAY, Heather Elizabeth — director, appointed 14/07/2026not on trustee list
• BROWN, Paul Curran — director, appointed 13/06/2024not on trustee list
• LAGUNDOYE, Rafiat Omolara — director, appointed 13/06/2024not on trustee list
• WHITTAKER, Caroline — director, appointed 14/04/2024not on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Josephine Dawn — director, appointed 05/03/2024not on trustee list
• COLLINS, Therese Margareta — director, appointed 04/02/2019on trustee list
• HATHCOCK, Adam — director, appointed 24/09/2018on trustee list
• BROWN, Paul Curran — secretary, appointed 09/06/2025

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Hamilton Hathcockchair
• Angela Jane Oliver
• Anna Jane Cantrell
• CATHERINE ROWLAND
• Jade Roxann Rose
• Julia Swainson
• Nicola Ann Briers-Cutts
• Nicola Sexton
• Shilani Watkinson
• Therese Collins

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DASH CHARITY.

• THE DASH CHARITY income £824k
• DASH (DISABILITIES AND SELF HELP / DELIO AG ANABLEDD A SIALENS HUNANGYMORTH) income £200k
• DASH (DESTITUTE ASYLUM SEEKERS HUDDERSFIELD) income £295k
• DICKORY DOCK NURSERY income £741k
• THE DX CLUB income £136k
• EGERTON OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB LIMITED income £313k

Side by side with its peers

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