DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE (EAST SUFFOLK)

Registered charity 1152772 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advice, information and welfare benefit appeals representation to disabled people, their carers, friends, volunteers on: ? Welfare benefits? Advice and representation at welfare benefit appeal tribunals? Housing and homelessness? Holidays, clubs and leisure activities? Employment and learning? Aids and adaptations? Access and discrimination

Objects

The relief of children and adults with disabilities and their carers in East Suffolk and nearby areas.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£398k

Latest spending

£304k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets at the end of the financial year were £309,639, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet outgoings in accordance with their reserves policy. The charity reports no funds materially in deficit and confirms that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“No payment was made for costs related to raising funds.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 0.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“No payment was made for costs related to raising funds.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £310k; policy: 6-12mths operating costs)

“Total net assets at the end of the financial year were £309,639 representing less than 12 months of operating costs based on our 2024 budget.” — page 15

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 10
Government income: £70,570 — grants £70,570 (2); 18% of the £398,022 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 15
Government income: £441,829 — grants £441,829 (3); 96% of the £459,896 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 12
Government income: £82,655 — contracts £5,655 (1), grants £77,000 (6); 23% of the £356,412 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/07/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

GRAHAM JAMES WALKERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
David Graeme Dodds
Nathaniel James Haste
ROBIN ERNEST STROUD
STEPHEN JAMES DOE
Sarah Louise Arch

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

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£398k	£304k
31/12/2024	£460k	£313k
31/12/2023	£356k	£286k
31/12/2022	£345k	£269k
31/12/2021	£211k	£161k

Common questions

Is DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE (EAST SUFFOLK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total net assets at the end of the financial year were £309,639, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet outgoings in accordance with their reserves policy. The charity reports no funds materially in deficit and confirms that resources are adequate for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE (EAST SUFFOLK)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE (EAST SUFFOLK) as a grant recipient include THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST, THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£90k	Grants & Donations
THE THREE GUINEAS TRUST	FY2024	£75k	Towards the provision of free advice and advocacy on welfare benefits to Disabled people and/or their carers.
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£62k	Grants
THE MRS L D ROPE THIRD CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2025	£40k	2 years funding towards core running costs.
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2024	£14k	Theme of the Year
THE ANTON JURGENS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2024	£2k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2025	£2k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE STRANGWARD TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/07/2026	£20k	DAS Expansion Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/06/2024	£337k	Bringing relief to the disabled community in East Suffolk
Postcode Lottery	01/05/2023	£18k	Unrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/03/2021	£326k	The Relief of People with Disabilities in East Suffolk
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/10/2020	£10k	DAS Covid-19 Crisis and Listening Service
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/12/2004	£5k	Publicity

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
KIRKLEY POOR'S LANDS	1	£33k
HOPESTEAD	1	£20k
DORSET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£13k
THE FORTE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	1	£5k
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£4k
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

DISABILITY ADVICE NORTH EAST SUFFOLK income £214k
Citizens Advice East Suffolk income £1.2m
CITIZENS ADVICE IN EAST DORSET AND PURBECK LTD income £1.3m
DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE LAMBETH income £629k
SOUTHAMPTON ADVICE & REPRESENTATION CENTRE income £222k
THE DISABILITY ADVICE PROJECT income £184k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE (EAST SUFFOLK)	£398k	—	0	below	0.0%	no doubt
DISABILITY ADVICE NORTH EAST SUFFOLK FY2026	£214k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Citizens Advice East Suffolk FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN EAST DORSET AND PURBECK LTD FY2025	£1.3m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
DISABILITY ADVICE SERVICE LAMBETH FY2025	£629k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTHAMPTON ADVICE & REPRESENTATION CENTRE FY2025	£222k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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