COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES
Registered charity 1099376 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAIN, SOMERSET ACCESS & INCLUSION NETWORK, SOMERSET ACCESS & INCLUSION NETWORK LIMITED
We are a user-Led organisation. Our mission is "To enable and empower disabled people and carers to have independence, choice and control in their lives". We work through consultation, representation and service provision to fulfil our mission.
Causes: Disability · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,843 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £1,367,243. However, the trustees report that free reserves were in deficit by £2,668, falling below the stated policy target of £200,000. The trustees consider the financial position to be soundly based despite ongoing risks related to the cost of living crisis and funding pressures.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Other trading activities (62% of income)
“Other trading activities 5 840,538 - 840,538 510,126” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-3k; policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure)
“The Trustees have agreed a target level of £200,000 which would cover wages, rent and services for a three month period. At the end of the year free reserves were in deficit by £2,668 (2024 - surplus: £8,026).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: CDST Limited
“The charity holds 100% of the shares in CDST Limited. This trading subsidiary undertakes the operation of the Wellbeing Centre on behalf of the charity. CDST Limited has taken over the contracts for independent living services.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Compass Disability Services (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mark Oldershaw — Chair (source)
- Richard Pitman — CEO (source)
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.
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.
- WOODALL, Penelope — director, appointed 11/08/2026not on trustee list
- BRADLEY, James David — director, appointed 11/08/2026not on trustee list
- FOLEY, Bryan — director, appointed 11/08/2026not on trustee list
- JEFFREY, Gillian Brenda — director, appointed 11/08/2026not on trustee list
- PARSONS, Loreli Caitlin — director, appointed 11/08/2026not on trustee list
- SMITH, Gary Peter — director, appointed 06/03/2019on trustee list
- HOLE, Denise Mary — director, appointed 03/07/2012on trustee list
- TILLEY, Pauline Margaret — director, appointed 03/04/2012on trustee list
- BORBON, Nikki — secretary, appointed 01/02/2026
- PITMAN, Richard Anthony — secretary, appointed 13/02/2012
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£818k
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 (62% 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: 59.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
- DENISE MARY HOLE
- Gary Smith
- PAULINE TILLEY
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Birmingham City · City Of Swansea · Cornwall · Dorset · Gloucestershire · North Somerset · Somerset · Warwickshire · Wiltshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £48,843 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income rising to £1,367,243. However, the trustees report that free reserves were in deficit by £2,668, falling below the stated policy target of £200,000. The trustees consider the financial position to be soundly based despite ongoing risks related to the cost of living crisis and funding pressures. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Westcotts (SW) LLP.
Who funds COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES?
Funders whose own accounts filings name COMPASS DISABILITY SERVICES as a grant recipient include THE WILL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST, KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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