DISABILITY CAN DO

Registered charity 1163190 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DCD

Disability Can Do works with, and supports disabled adults and carers to break down the barriers, big and small, that restrict their life choices and opportunities.We place their needs at the centre of our services and empower people by providing information, advice and support that enables them to make informed decisions and choices in their lives and improves their overall well-being.

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

Latest income

£118k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £17,734 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £42,090. However, the trustees report that overall funding remains short-term and uncertain, noting that a failure to secure future funding poses a real threat to the charity's ability to continue service delivery.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Restricted grants (74% of income)

“Of this total, £87,750 was received as restricted grant income.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £26k; policy: approximately twelve months of the expected core running costs, plus the costs of closing the charity)

“Total reserves at the year-end amounted to £42,090 of which £16,547 was restricted, with unrestricted reserves at £25,543.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/06/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ROGER BEVANchair
HELEN AMBERRY
JONATHAN CURTIS
Maurice Alexander McCartney

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Caerphilly

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£118k	£101k
31/03/2024	£105k	£107k
31/03/2023	£113k	£137k
31/03/2022	£109k	£161k
31/03/2021	£216k	£182k

Common questions

Is DISABILITY CAN DO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income surplus of £17,734 for the year, with total funds carried forward increasing to £42,090. However, the trustees report that overall funding remains short-term and uncertain, noting that a failure to secure future funding poses a real threat to the charity's ability to continue service delivery. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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	26/09/2022	£10k	Inclusion Caerphilly
Disability Action	01/11/2020	£12k	NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/05/2018	£248k	My Future First
UK government	01/04/2018	£42k	Journey to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs (2018)
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	24/03/2017	£56k	"Disability and Industrial Heritage through a digital lens"
UK government	—	£35k	Jobs to Employment (J2E) payments to DPULOs and VSOs)