DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW)

Registered charity 1114622 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRESTON DISABILITY INFORMATION SERVICES CENTRE, PRESTON DISC (DISABILITY INFORMATION SERVICES CENTRE) LTD

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Objects

TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, LIVING IN PRESTON AND SURROUNDING AREA SO THAT THEY MAY LEAD ACTIVE AND FULFILLING LIVES INTEGRATED IN THE SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: PRESTON AND THE SURROUDING AREA.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £57,361 for the year, increasing total funds to £860,571. However, the trustees note uncertainty regarding future funding due to the economic climate, despite having unrestricted reserves of £772,690 which exceed their policy target of 12 months of expenditure. The charity remains reliant on external funding and key funders to continue operations.

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 5 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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)

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Duckworth
• Katherine Jayne Lester
• Louise Gill
• Margaret Singleton
• Mark Harris
• Neil Darby
• PRATAP PARMAR
• RAKHI AMIN

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EQUALITY TOGETHER.

• EQUALITY TOGETHER income £1.2m
• NORTHCLIFFE ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERPRISES TEAM income £715k
• LD:NORTHEAST income £1.4m
• W.I.L.L. WIRRAL INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LEARNING income £2.5m
• DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY income £2.5m
• FOCUS HOUSING NW income £400k

Side by side with its peers

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