DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE LAMBETH

Registered charity 1087399 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DASL

Legal advice for disabled people on benefits, housing, debt, community care. Professional advocacy for disabled and older people and carers. Direct payments support service for Lambeth. Into Sport project for disabled people. Employment support project for young Disabled people. Disability Hate Crime policy work. Community development work with Disabled people. Local strategic and policy work.

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£629k
Latest spending
£561k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £67,382 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £220,571. The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves providing for at least six months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted reserves exceed this target. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the charity is not subject to audit under company law.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Lambeth Council (50% of income)
“Lambeth funding contracts 315,438” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least six months operating costs (held: £221k)
“The Trustee's overall policy is to aim for a target for unrestricted reserves that would provide for at least six months operating costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Disability Advice Service Lambeth (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£629k
Total spending
£561k
Reserves (reported)
£221k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lambeth · Southwark

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£629k£561k
31/03/2024£540k£509k
31/03/2023£504k£506k
31/03/2022£476k£549k
31/03/2021£699k£619k

Common questions

Is DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE LAMBETH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £67,382 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £220,571. The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves providing for at least six months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted reserves exceed this target. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the charity is not subject to audit under company law. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE LAMBETH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE LAMBETH as a grant recipient include THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2021£39k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government15/09/2020£50kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
Sport England12/06/2020£2kToyota Parasport Fund - adaptive equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund23/01/2020£1kSingfest
Greater London Authority31/07/2019£38kIntosport Lambeth
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2018£9kThe London Stroke Choir