DINGLEY FAMILY AND SPECIALIST EARLY YEARS CENTRES

Registered charity 1137609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DINGLEY'S PROMISE

TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES (SEND) BY: PROVIDING SAFE AND STIMULATING PLAY; SUPPORTING THEIR PARENTS, AND; PROVIDING ADVICE AND TRAINING TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS, ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING WIDER INCLUSION FOR CHILDREN.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £167,538 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 61% to £2,535,330. The trustees confirm that free reserves of £36,982 exceed the stated policy target of £32,588, and the charity maintains a cash balance of £315,298, supporting its status as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Catherine Mole MBE — CEO (source)
• Lee Friend — Chief Operating Officer (source)
• Theresa Bowers — Head of Finance (source)
• Jo Evans — Head of Communications and Public Affairs (source)
• Kate Martin — Head of Fundraising (source)
• Meggie Fisher — Head of Quality (source)
• James Brown — Head of Training (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust — “Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust” (source page)
• The Edward Gostling Foundation — “The Edward Gostling Foundation” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “The National Lottery Community Fund” (source page)
• Big Give — “Supporting us yearly as a Charity Partner, Big Give links us with match funding partners to double our fundraising through the Christmas Cam…” (source page)
• Greenham Trust — “Linking us with local trusts and philanthropists who fund projects to develop our West Berkshire Services.” (source page)
• Talbot Village Trust — “Talbot Village Trust” (source page)
• The Berkshire Masonic Charity — “The Berkshire Masonic Charity” (source page)
• Sir Robert McAlpine Foundation — “Sir Robert McAlpine Foundation” (source page)

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 ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (20/01/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Justin Nicholas Russellchair
• Andrew Logie
• Cheryl Warren
• Elizabeth Charlotte Roles
• Helen Elizabeth Williams
• James Laidlaw
• Masako Eguchi-Bacon
• Sarah Clarke

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £145k
• CHARMINSTER PRE-SCHOOL income £189k
• BIRKDALE TRUST FOR HEARING IMPAIRED LTD income £253k
• Integrating income £334k
• HULL AND EAST YORKSHIRE CHILDREN'S UNIVERSITY LIMITED income £795k
• FIVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TRUST LTD income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

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