SALFORD DISABILITY FORUM

Registered charity 1125859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SALISBURY DISABILITY FORUM

Providing advocacy and information via Signpost sessions throughout Salford; Setting up initiatives to lessen the isolation of disabled people; Working with organisations to form strategic partnerships; Training and Learning about disability issues; Promoting the right of disabled people to be involved in decision-making about their lives and what goes on in Salford; Campaigns and Community Audits

Objects

TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN SALFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

Area of benefit: SALFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £2,923 for the year ended 30 June 2026, with total income of £31,345 and total expenditure of £28,422. Unrestricted reserves stood at £46,193, while restricted reserves were £37,096. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carol Babbs
• Janet Taylor
• Joyce Beard
• KAY FAIRHURST
• Philip Bryan Bridge

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SALFORD COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

• SALFORD COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES income £6.4m
• DISABILITY STOCKPORT CIO income £1.5m
• Salford Foodbank income £442k
• BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT DISABILITY FORUM income £42k
• THEFDF income £70k
• SOUTHWARK DISABLEMENT ASSOCIATION income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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