DIFFERENCE

Registered charity 1170789 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To achieve our objectives of increasing equality and tackling discrimination, we will:1. Raise awareness of disability discrimination and influence public opinion and policy.2. Represent and speak out about the needs and concerns of disabled people.0001

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN RELATION TO DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND AND BY AIMING TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER FACTORS WHICH EXCLUDE DISABLED PEOPLE FROM BEING EQUAL PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETY; AND HIGHLIGHTING THE WAYS IN WHICH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IS EXPERIENCED IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the company reported an operating profit of £30,330 for the year ended 31 December 2025, an increase from £17,726 in the prior year. Net assets rose to £75,757, supported by turnover of £200,177, largely driven by National Lottery income. The filing confirms the company is exempt from statutory audit under small companies regulations.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 01/01/2024 (received 12/11/2024, 11 days after the 01/11/2024 due date); year ending 01/01/2023 (received 23/01/2024, 83 days after the 01/11/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair Stuart Chisholm
• Caroline MacDonald
• GILLIAN LATHAN
• NICKY EREVIK
• VALERIE MILNES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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