DISABILITY RIGHTS UK

Registered charity 1138585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DRP, THE DISABILITY RIGHTS PARTNERSHIP

Disability Rights UK is the largest UK organisation led by people with all types of impairment or health condition.We are disabled people leading change, working to strengthen the voice of disabled people to make our rights real and to create a society where everyone with lived experience of disability or health conditions can participate equally as full citizens.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £553,885, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated policy target of three months of operating costs (£357,200). The charity reported a net surplus of £225,549 for the year, driven largely by a legacy distribution and strong trading income, while maintaining a positive cash position of £834,475.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07314865

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Disability Rights UK (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• WALDEN, Edward Michael — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• FRASER, Celestine Evy Athena — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• KABAGWIRA, Nana — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• LIVINGSTONE-THOMPSON, Victoria — director, appointed 01/01/2025on trustee list
• CREABY, Fiona, Dr — director, appointed 02/01/2024on trustee list
• NEVIN, Claire Ivreen — director, appointed 03/01/2023on trustee list
• MURPHY, Liz Leach — director, appointed 04/01/2022not on trustee list
• SMITH, Gregory Stewart — director, appointed 01/01/2021on trustee list
• SIMMONDS, Shelley — director, appointed 01/01/2021on trustee list
• ATTIA, Mostafa — director, appointed 02/01/2020on trustee list
• SPENCER, Nicholas David Howard — secretary, appointed 05/02/2016

Official officers record.

Public-sector contracts awarded

From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (07/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Celestine Evy Athena Fraser
• Claire Ivreen Nevin
• Dr Fiona Creaby
• Edward Walden
• GREGORY STEWART SMITH
• Liz Leach
• Mostafa Attia
• Nana Kabagwira
• Shelley Simmonds
• Victoria Livingstone-Thompson

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 Care Rights UK: your care champion.

• Care Rights UK: your care champion income £139k
• DISABILITY DIRECT income £4.2m
• DARLINGTON ASSOCIATION ON DISABILITY income £2.1m
• NORFOLK COALITION OF DISABLED PEOPLE income £1.4m
• THE ASSOCIATION FOR REAL CHANGE income £1.7m
• THE BRITISH DIABETIC ASSOCIATION income £38.4m

Side by side with its peers

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