DIVE ABILITY LIMITED

Registered charity 1143653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Dive Ability is a member led scuba diving charity committed to enabling people who have disabilities or disadvantages to discover the adventurous world of scuba diving.Achievement is realised through regular, educational pool sessions and diving holidays, with specialist support and equipment being provided so that positive scuba diving experiences are accessible to all.

Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£31k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £5,665 for the year, increasing its total unrestricted and restricted funds to £125,266. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and report that fundraising efforts have moved the charity towards being self-funding, although they explicitly state there is no reserves policy in place.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £111k)

“The charity does not have at this time a reserve policy. Fund raising throughout the year keeps step with financial obligations and expenditure but does not provide sufficient excess to warrant a policy as to such reserves.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07693605

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dive Ability (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.

CLARK, Michelle — director, appointed 01/04/2020on trustee list
BROWN, Duncan John — director, appointed 05/07/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

DUNCAN JOHN BROWN
Michelle Dawn Clark

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

Operates in: Hampshire · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£37k	£31k
31/07/2024	£15k	£26k
31/07/2023	£137k	£17k
31/07/2022	£21k	£16k
31/07/2021	£3k	£2k

Common questions

Is DIVE ABILITY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £5,665 for the year, increasing its total unrestricted and restricted funds to £125,266. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and report that fundraising efforts have moved the charity towards being self-funding, although they explicitly state there is no reserves policy in place. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.