LEARNING DISABILITY ENGLAND

Registered charity 1092587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HOUSING AND SUPPORT ALLIANCE, HOUSING OPTIONS

The principle activity of the company is the provision of information, advice and training to individuals with learning disabilities, their relatives and carers and professionals who work with them.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED, HANDICAPPED (WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY) OR CHRONICALLY SICK PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, COUNSELLING, WORKSHOPS, TRAINING AND ADVOCACY IN RESPECT OF THEIR HOUSING CARE OR SUPPORT NEEDS

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 · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £381,236, with unrestricted funds increasing to £231,056. The charity reported a net surplus of £25,135 and holds sufficient free reserves to cover its liabilities, with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• JMS Trust — “JMS Trust: Our Journey, Their Future” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Charles Maxsted · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Tilly
• Jodie Williams
• Jordan Stewart Smith
• Lisa Hopkins
• Marja Kristiina Cooper
• Paramjit Kaur Dheensa
• Paula Braynion

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learning Disability Network London Limited.

• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• REACH LEARNING DISABILITY income £3.9m
• THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES income £3.4m
• LD:NORTHEAST income £1.4m
• KINGSTON SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES income £105k
• LEARNING LIBRARY income £145k

Side by side with its peers

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