DYSCOVER LIMITED

Registered charity 1099432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dyscover is a charity offering long-term support, hope and opportunity to people who are isolated by communication problems after a stroke or head injury (a language disorder called Aphasia), and their families.Dyscover builds working relationships with and delivers its specialist services to health and social care workers, public, private and third sector organisations and the general public.

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Latest income
£244k
Latest spending
£279k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £35,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £91,152. The trustees acknowledge that free reserves cover has reduced to just over four months, which is below their stated policy target of six months, due to exceptional recruitment costs and inflationary pressures. Despite this, the trustees consider that measures to improve funding and reduce costs will restore reserves to the required level over the next two financial years.

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: £91k; policy: at least 6 months free reserves)
“our cover as at 31st March 2025 against future operating costs has reduced to just over 4 months, which the Trustees acknowledge is below the minimum requirement within our accounting policy”
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 — Dyscover (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Thames · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£244k£279k
31/03/2024£240k£239k
31/03/2023£242k£243k
31/03/2022£222k£223k
31/03/2021£167k£180k

Common questions

Is DYSCOVER LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £35,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £91,152. The trustees acknowledge that free reserves cover has reduced to just over four months, which is below their stated policy target of six months, due to exceptional recruitment costs and inflationary pressures. Despite this, the trustees consider that measures to improve funding and reduce costs will restore reserves to the required level over the next two financial years. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DYSCOVER LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DYSCOVER LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE PIERREPONT TRUST, THE INGRAM TRUST, THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST, THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GROCERS' CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PIERREPONT TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE INGRAM TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE PIERREPONT TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£4k
THE GROCERS' CHARITYFY2023£4kDisability
LONDON CATALYSTFY2022£3kKingston Aphasia Support Service led by Speech and Language Therapists to include special interest groups, Conversation Partner training.
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/02/2025£20kDyscover Kingston - Specialist Aphasia Support Group
The National Lottery Community Fund05/08/2022£10kVolunteer Co-ordinator
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2021£10kAphasia Support - Transitioning back
The National Lottery Community Fund11/07/2019£10kLearning to Live with Aphasia
City Bridge Foundation11/06/2019£43kGrant to Dyscover Ltd.
The National Lottery Community Fund03/05/2018£10kSpecial Interest Activities (SIA)
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2016£5kExpanding Horizons
City Bridge Foundation16/03/2016£40kGrant to Dyscover Ltd.
The National Lottery Community Fund12/08/2015£10kIT Development for Volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund15/02/2012£209kASOSS (Aphasia Surrey One Stop Shop)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/08/2011£10kMore Activities, Extra Action!
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2010£8kDrop in @ DYSCOVER
City Bridge Foundation21/01/2010£9kGrant to Dyscover Ltd.
The National Lottery Community Fund07/07/2009£142kSpecialist Support & Volunteer Development Project
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2006£2kSatellite Project in Kingston
The National Lottery Community Fund10/12/2004£3kPurchase IT equipment & software.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SAY APHASIA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DYSCOVER LIMITED£244k—0below—no doubt
SAY APHASIA FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY CENTRE EAST LONDON FY2025£3.1m£60,001 - £70,0001below—no doubt
STROKE ASSOCIATION FY2025£44.4m——within—no doubt
DIFFERENT STROKES (TRUSTEES) LIMITED FY2025£486k—0unclear—no doubt
DISCOVERSVS FY2025£235k—0below—no doubt

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