COMMUNITY EQUALITY DISABILITY ACTION
Registered charity 1096528 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CEDA, DYAC, RISE SW
To promote the social inclusion of people with physical, sensory or learning disablement living in the South West of England. To provide the respite care of young people.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £584,823, with £541,782 in free reserves, which the trustees note is just under their policy target of 2 months of free reserves. The charity reported a net income surplus of £17,621 for the year, despite facing inflationary pressures and rising salary costs.
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: £542k; policy: two months of free reserves)
“This leaves £199,782 (2024: £207,233) of ‘free’ reserves, which is 1.4 months of running costs which is just under our policy target”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CEDA (Community, Equality, Disability Action) (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (01/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Trevor Smalechair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Alexander Donald Wares
- Andy Punter
- Christopher Ian Fotheringham
- Freddie Stephen Davey
- Hayley Emma Hardy
- Mark Picken
- Nicky Hallam
- Rachel Setter
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Devon
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMMUNITY EQUALITY DISABILITY ACTION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £584,823, with £541,782 in free reserves, which the trustees note is just under their policy target of 2 months of free reserves. The charity reported a net income surplus of £17,621 for the year, despite facing inflationary pressures and rising salary costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.
Who funds COMMUNITY EQUALITY DISABILITY ACTION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMMUNITY EQUALITY DISABILITY ACTION as a grant recipient include THE CLARE MILNE TRUST, MOTABILITY.
Known funders
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