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VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP

Registered charity 1127328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A membership body representing organisations within the voluntary sector who work alongside disabled people.

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

Latest income
£435k
Latest spending
£579k
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £144,006 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a £79,293 VAT error correction and strategic investments. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £328,567 at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of £280,000, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)
“In the band £110,001 - £120,000 1”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Membership subscription (80% of income)
“Membership subscription 347,804”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £280,000 (held: £329k)
“the board agreed to maintain a minimum of six months' operating costs as reserves. Consequently, for the 2024/25 period, the target level of unrestricted reserves has been set at £280,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 18
“Some of the directors of this Charity are also directors of entities that are members of this Charity. All transactions with these various entities are at arms length and on the same terms for all member charities. None of the directors of this Charity or the entities that they represent derive any benefit from the arrangements.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income
£512k
Total spending
£534k
Reserves (reported)
£473k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£435k£579k
31/03/2024£512k£534k
31/03/2023£494k£511k
31/03/2022£439k£421k
31/03/2021£513k£452k

Common questions

Is VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £144,006 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to a £79,293 VAT error correction and strategic investments. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £328,567 at year-end, which is above the stated policy target of £280,000, and the trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

Who funds VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP as a grant recipient include THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£69kHolding government to account: COVID-19, disablism and systemic racism

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2009£42kTransfer of MK/1/010169176

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY1£614k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION1£519k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST1£320k
ST ALDHELM'S CHAPEL TRUST1£200k
CHK Foundation1£195k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST1£165k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION1£138k
BRUCE WAKE CHARITY1£45k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DISABILITY NORTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DISABILITY GROUP£435k£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
DISABILITY NORTH FY2025£732k—0above—no doubt
HAVERING ASSOCIATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FY2025£131k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DYSLEXIA FOUNDATION FY2024£315k—0unclear—no doubt
DERBYSHIRE VOLUNTARY ACTION FY2025£691k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH TYNESIDE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FY2025£876k—0unclear—no doubt

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