DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

Registered charity 1140925 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DISABILITY CORNWALL

WORKING TOWARDS FACILITATING A FULLY INCLUSIVE SOCIETY THROUGH EMPOWERING DISABLED PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE INDEPENDENCE, CHOICE AND CONTROL. WE ARE RUN BY AND FOR DISABLED PEOPLE, DELIVERING INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO PROVIDE DISABLED CHILDREN, ADULTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WITH EQUAL LIFE CHANCES AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE CHALLENGE INEQUALITY AND PROMOTE EXAMPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £169,546 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,549,411 and expenditure of £2,379,865. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £988,132, which exceeds the stated policy target of £433,860 (approximately three months of core operating costs). The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £433,860 (held: £988k)
“As of the year end, the Trustees consider a general reserve policy of £433,860 to be more than sufficient to cover approximately three months of core operating costs” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: F Rowe (trustee) is a trustee of Mid Cornwall Lifestyles which works with Disability Cornwall as part of the Disability Alliance. During the year ended 31 March 2025 Disability Cornwall paid £114 for 5 hours of PA support.
“F Rowe (trustee), is a trustee of Mid Cornwall Lifestyles which works with Disability Cornwall as part of the Disability Alliance. During the year ended 31 March 2025 Disability Cornwall paid £114 for 5 hours of PA support. At the balance sheet date no amounts were owed.” — page 66
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: The Inclusion Hub C.I.C.
“On the 22 January 2022 the Charitable Company set up a subsidiary The Inclusion Hub C.I.C. The company has not commenced trading at the date of approving these accounts resulting in its operations not being material to the Charitable Company and therefore consolidated financial statements have not been prepared.” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Griffin. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles 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.

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

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£2.4m
Reserves (reported)
£980k
Employees
80

Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cornwall · Isles Of Scilly

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.5m£2.4m
31/03/2024£2.5m£2.8m
31/03/2023£2.5m£2.8m
31/03/2022£2.1m£1.6m
31/03/2021£809k£705k

Common questions

Is DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £169,546 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £2,549,411 and expenditure of £2,379,865. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £988,132, which exceeds the stated policy target of £433,860 (approximately three months of core operating costs). The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Griffin.

Who funds DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY as a grant recipient include DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/04/2025£256kCornwall Disability Alliance
Disability Action01/11/2020£4kNET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
UK government05/10/2020£61kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund11/06/2020£47kCaring for our Community during Covid-19
Sport England09/10/2018£10kLD Active Cornwall
UK government01/04/2018£9kJourney to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/09/2012£60k"Cornwall's Disability History"
The National Lottery Community Fund19/08/2010£10kAccess All Areas
The National Lottery Community Fund30/03/2006£5kHave A Go - Have A Say Days
The National Lottery Community Fund03/06/2004£5kDisablity Awarenesss Day
UK government—£65kJobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DISABILITY CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY£2.5m——unclear—no doubt
IMAGINE ACT AND SUCCEED FY2025£12.1m——above—no doubt
DISABILITY SHEFFIELD CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED FY2025£994k—0unclear—noted
POSSABILITY PEOPLE LIMITED FY2025£1.5mGreater than £60,0001unclear—no doubt
CORNWALL MOBILITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
INCLUSION GLOUCESTERSHIRE FY2025£1.0m—0no_policy—no doubt

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