DISABILITY DIRECT
Registered charity 1079831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Disability Direct is a support service for disabled people. We are also an umbrella agency for smaller groups of disabled people. We are an organisation of disabled people and currently employ 14 paid staff and 35 volunteers.
Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £597,318 are held, which exceeds the stated policy target of one month of core operating costs (£260,000) and is close to the ambition of three months (£780,000). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. The charity reports a net incoming resource of £294,649 for the year, supported by significant trading income and investment returns.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: one month of core operating costs (£260,000) (held: £597k)
“According to the free reserves policy the charity is required to hold one month of core operating costs which currently equates to £260,000. Our ambition is to have three months running costs within reserves which is approximately £780,000” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Disability Syndicate Limited, Nimbus Disability, The Send Dynamic
“The charity has three wholly controlled subsidiary companies, The Disability Syndicate Limited. Nimbus Disability and The Send Dynamic: The trading subsidiary companies donate surpluses directly to Disability Direct.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
THE DISABILITY SYNDICATE LIMITED — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 March 2026)
- Profit/loss before tax: £110k
- Equity: £5k
- Average employees: 0.24
THE DISABILITY SYNDICATE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
- Profit before tax: £431k
- Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £437k
- Amounts owed to group undertakings: £460,475
“Distributions to parent charity under gift aid Amounts paid 437,015”
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.
- ELLIOT, Melanie Jane — director, appointed 01/10/2025on trustee list
- AMIN, Saquib — director, appointed 01/07/2024not on trustee list
- CADE, Peter Andrew — director, appointed 01/02/2023on trustee list
- REES-JONES, Dominic Luke — director, appointed 09/12/2021on trustee list
- WOOD, Robin John — director, appointed 09/12/1999on trustee list
- MOSS, Louise Mary — secretary, appointed 01/10/2025
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£2.3m
Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (83% 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: 55.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (10/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Robin Woodchair
- Amin Saquib
- Dominic Rees-Jones
- Dr Adarsh Batra
- Melanie Elliot
- Peter Cade
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barnet · Derbyshire · Kent · Nottinghamshire · Rutland · Surrey · Wigan
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DISABILITY DIRECT financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £597,318 are held, which exceeds the stated policy target of one month of core operating costs (£260,000) and is close to the ambition of three months (£780,000). The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. The charity reports a net incoming resource of £294,649 for the year, supported by significant trading income and investment returns. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
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