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.

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR ESTABLISHMENTS IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT(B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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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.

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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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
Megan Barker
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.