DEVELOPING HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE
Registered charity 1078154 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as D H I, DRUGS + HOMELESS INITIATIVE, THE DRUGS AND HOMELESS INITIATIVE
Developing Health and Independence is a charity that aims to assist people who are socially excluded as a result of drug or alcohol use, physical or mental ill health, poor housing, lack of employable skills or other means. DHI helps people to lead healthier more integrated lifestyles and helps to create safer more sustainable communities.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £345,959 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £4,873,354 to £4,527,395. The trustees confirmed that free reserves remained in surplus and that the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. However, the reserves policy target of three to six months of operational costs was not met, with general reserves equating to only 1.7 months of expenditure.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.5m; policy: three to six months organisational Operational Costs)
“The organisation holds £1,535,832 (2024: £1,724,054) in General Funds, equating to 1.7 months.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- SMITH, Catherine Elizabeth Mary — director, appointed 09/12/2025on trustee list
- GILES, Natalie Rachel — director, appointed 23/09/2025on trustee list
- HILLER, Oliver Charles — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
- HILL, Joanna — director, appointed 06/12/2022on trustee list
- KNIVETON, Myriam — director, appointed 09/03/2021on trustee list
- GOODMAN, Robert Stephens — director, appointed 10/09/2019on trustee list
- MARVELL, Tim — director, appointed 20/11/2018on trustee list
- HUGHES, Susan — secretary, appointed 03/05/2024
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold); recorded price paid £2.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Developing Health and Independence — Deregistered, 1 registered location.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)
Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/03/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Myriam Knivetonchair
- Catherine Smith
- Joanna Hill
- Natalie Rachel Giles · trustee of 1 other charity
- Oliver Charles Hiller
- Robert Goodman · trustee of 1 other charity
- Tim Marvell
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · Somerset · South Gloucestershire · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DEVELOPING HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £345,959 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £4,873,354 to £4,527,395. The trustees confirmed that free reserves remained in surplus and that the organization has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. However, the reserves policy target of three to six months of operational costs was not met, with general reserves equating to only 1.7 months of expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.
Who funds DEVELOPING HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DEVELOPING HEALTH AND INDEPENDENCE as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.
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