DIMOBI CHILDREN DISABILITY TRUST

Registered charity 1170582 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We work closely with families and we believe that families of disabled children deserve better and we are driven to fight and advocate for what is right, driving innovation and change that benefit families of disabled children, focusing on the impact we make. We challenge disadvantage and tackle inequality and help our families to deal with the barriers they face daily.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ,DISABILITY AND NEURODIVERSITY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE;B) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO AUTISM, DISABILITY AND NEURODIVERSITY.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£118k
Latest spending
£139k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have been significantly impacted by rising service demand and increased running costs, reducing reserves to cover only two months of operating costs rather than the stated six-month target. Despite this reduction in reserves, the charity reported a net expenditure for the year and maintains positive total net assets of £32,504.

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: £2k; policy: six months of operating costs)
“our reserves reduced to cover only two months of operating costs, rather than our minimum six-month reserve target set out in our governing documents.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£118k£139k
30/09/2024£129k£125k
30/09/2023£322k£312k
30/09/2022£281k£270k
30/09/2021£91k£210k

Common questions

Is DIMOBI CHILDREN DISABILITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves have been significantly impacted by rising service demand and increased running costs, reducing reserves to cover only two months of operating costs rather than the stated six-month target. Despite this reduction in reserves, the charity reported a net expenditure for the year and maintains positive total net assets of £32,504. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England27/08/2025£12kNeuro-diverse: Uniting Through Sport and Support
Sport England15/05/2024£11kNeuro-diverse- Uniting the Movement
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/07/2023£100k"Disability, Diversity and Inclusion: Autism Oral Histories"
UK government02/06/2023£12kALB-Sport England-Neuro-diverse in Action
Sport England02/06/2023£12kNeuro-diverse in Action
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2023£214k‘Breaking through the Barriers’ (diversity project)
One Manchester01/09/2022£5kDisability parent group
The National Lottery Community Fund24/06/2022£10kHappy Me Community
The National Lottery Community Fund05/03/2021£10kDimobi Corvid 19 Food Relief Support
UK government26/08/2020£78kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
UK government12/08/2020£5kVSCE CMC Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/05/2020£10kCovid-19 Support
The National Lottery Community Fund13/06/2019£10kWoman Change

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FAMILY IN TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DIMOBI CHILDREN DISABILITY TRUST£118k—0below—no doubt
FAMILY IN TRUST FY2025£146k—0above—no doubt
THE MOTIVATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£4.0m—2unclear—no doubt
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£145k—0unclear—no doubt
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE FY2024£272k—0unclear—no doubt
MOMENTUM CHILDREN'S CHARITY FY2025£1.1m——within—no doubt

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