DIALOG CENTRE UK

Registered charity 1080175 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DC UK

The relief of suffering caused by the participation in belief systems which are religious (or have similar effects as religions on their practitioners) by counselling and other help and the promotion of study and research into such systems for the benefit of the public.

Objects

A) THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING,1) THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF RELIGIONS, RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS OF BELIEF AND SYSTEMS OF BELIEF WHICH APPEAR INITIALLY TO BE NON-RELIGIOUS OR WHICH ARE NON-RELIGIOUS IN THEIR PURPOSES, PRINCIPLES, STRUCTURES, BEHAVIOURS, VOCABULARY OR OTHER CHARACTERISTICS BUT WHICH CAN HAVE THE SAME PRACTICAL EFFECTS ON THEIR PRACTITIONERS AND THOSE AROUND THEM AS RELIGIONS AND RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS OF BELIEF2) THE MAKING AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE RESULTS OF THE SAID STUDY AND RESEARCH.B) THE RELIEF OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUFFERING BY ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC INCURRED AS A RESULT OF HIS OR HER PARTICIPATION IN RELIGIONS OR THOSE SYSTEMS OF BELIEF AS ARE REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE BY ANY METHOD WHICH SHALL BE RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY1) COUNSELLING2) REFERRAL TO MEDICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFESSIONAL ADVICE3) OTHER PRACTICAL ADVICE AND HELP.

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.

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Latest income

£25k

Latest spending

£24k

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains solvent, but its income is well below the material and personal costs of running the organization. The trustees maintain a reserve of £8,000 specifically for potential closure costs, such as clearing offices if the lease is not renewed. Public fundraising is described as difficult due to the confidential nature of the work.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Gifts/Donations

“This is in spite of some significant gifts this year for which we are most grateful”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £8000 to pay costs of clearing the offices and other costs, in the unlikely event that our office lease should not be renewed, or if any other circumstance should force the closure of the Charity (held: £8k)

“We keep a reserve of £8000 to pay costs of clearing the offices and other costs, in the unlikely event that our office lease should not be renewed, or if any other circumstance should force the closure of the Charity” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Charity remains solvent but our income remains well below the material and personal costs of running DCUK.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: The document mentions a meeting to discuss governance and updating policies, but does not explicitly state a failure, regulator engagement, or late filing admission. It states 'We have comprehensively reviewed our Governance and identified the areas in which we can improve'. This is a self-assessment, not an explicit governance failure flag like 'late filing' or 'regulator engagement'. Therefore, governance_flags is empty.

“We have comprehensively reviewed our Governance and identified the areas in which we can improve and take action.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD ALAN HOWARDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Martin Jones · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr COLIN JOHN WOOD
Dr John Michael Hardaker
MARJORY SZURKO

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£25k	£24k
05/04/2024	£39k	£21k
05/04/2023	£14k	£21k
05/04/2022	£18k	£20k
05/04/2021	£16k	£19k

Common questions

Is DIALOG CENTRE UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains solvent, but its income is well below the material and personal costs of running the organization. The trustees maintain a reserve of £8,000 specifically for potential closure costs, such as clearing offices if the lease is not renewed. Public fundraising is described as difficult due to the confidential nature of the work. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DIALOG CENTRE UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DIALOG CENTRE UK as a grant recipient include THE DEO GLORIA TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	FY2022	£18k	Help and Support