DISABILITY FIRST CIO

Registered charity 1163162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Disability First are a Blackpool based charity funded organisation that works across Lancashire & Cumbria. We offer information, advice and support services to anyone living with or caring for someone with a disability.

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

Latest income

£82k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,439 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £96,377. The trustees' policy is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level equating to a minimum of six months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds of £96,377 are held in a general fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £96k)

“The trustees policy is to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which equates to a minimum level of six months of unrestricted expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/02/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Reynolds
Darren McKenzie
Vasumathi Balaguru
Zoe Michelle Alimeri
Zoe Sewart

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Cumbria · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£82k	£97k
31/03/2024	£86k	£86k
31/03/2023	£96k	£117k
31/03/2022	£91k	£102k
31/03/2021	£220k	£423k

Common questions

Is DISABILITY FIRST CIO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £15,439 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £96,377. The trustees' policy is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level equating to a minimum of six months of unrestricted expenditure, and the current unrestricted funds of £96,377 are held in a general fund. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DISABILITY FIRST CIO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DISABILITY FIRST CIO as a grant recipient include SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO	FY2021	£0	Grants

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	07/05/2020	£10k	Welfare Benefits service