DAI UK

Registered charity 1115741 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAI

Mainly, to enhance the effectiveness and integrity of Christian leaders worldwide by providing leadership development courses, management consulting and mentoring relationships.

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Latest income

£68k

Latest spending

£71k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £4,646 for the year, with total expenditure of £60,538 exceeding total income of £65,184 only when including the unrestricted fund movement, but the Statement of Financial Activities shows a net income of £4,646. The charity remains significantly dependent on funding from Development Associates International (DAI US), which underwrote £31,318 of operating costs, and holds unrestricted reserves of £19,733 against a stated reserves policy target of three months of staff employment costs (£14,000).

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“DAI US continues to provide a significant part of the operational funding required by DAI UK. In 2024, DAI US underwrote £31,318 of the operating costs of DAI UK”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of staff employment costs (held: £20k)

“Trustees concluded that, should funds from DAI US cease to be available, the current main liability would be meeting the employment costs of staff for three months and have established a reserve fund which at the year-end amounted to £14,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05750186

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.

NICHOLLS, Lyn Gillian — director, appointed 25/04/2024on trustee list
SHRESTHA, Shiva Narayan — director, appointed 26/01/2023on trustee list
STEVENSON, Fiona Jean — director, appointed 23/07/2020on trustee list
ROGERS, John Sydney — director, appointed 23/01/2020on trustee list
DERBYSHIRE, Ian Malcolm — director, appointed 29/01/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Fiona Jean Stevenson · trustee of 2 other charities
Ian Derbyshire
JOHN SYDNEY ROGERS
Lyn Nicholls
Shiva Narayan Shrestha · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Bangladesh · Belgium · Benin · Bolivia · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Burma · Burundi · Cambodia · Cameroon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£68k	£71k
31/12/2024	£65k	£61k
31/12/2023	£52k	£48k
31/12/2022	£51k	£49k
31/12/2021	£61k	£61k

Common questions

Is DAI UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £4,646 for the year, with total expenditure of £60,538 exceeding total income of £65,184 only when including the unrestricted fund movement, but the Statement of Financial Activities shows a net income of £4,646. The charity remains significantly dependent on funding from Development Associates International (DAI US), which underwrote £31,318 of operating costs, and holds unrestricted reserves of £19,733 against a stated reserves policy target of three months of staff employment costs (£14,000). Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.