DIVERSE CITY

Registered charity 1176855 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We advocate for and model equality and diversity in public life and culture. We capture the diversity of Human experience in unique shows where disabled and non-disabled people perform as equals and we champion access to inclusive social and cultural experiences for every body. Our work overturns inequalities by uncovering and amplifying hidden talent and marginalised voices for the benefit of all

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE:(A) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THOSE WITH PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENTS, LEARNING DISABILITIES AND OTHERS EXPERIENCING BARRIERS TO LEARNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSION, BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):(I) THE PROVISION AND PROMOTION OF THE ARTS (INCLUDING BY PROMOTING THE WIDENING OF PARTICIPATION IN (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PERFORMING ARTS);(II) THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS, TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND COACHING IN THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PERFORMING ARTS;(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(B) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) AMONG INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF THEIR SOCIAL POSITION, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF PERFORMING ARTS, INCLUDING WIDENING PARTICIPATION IN PERFORMING ARTS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE 3, "SOCIALLY EXCLUDED" MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY, POOR EDUCATIONAL SKILLS OR ATTAINMENT, RACE, ETHNIC ORIGIN, ECONOMIC STATUS, GENDER, SEXUALITY, AGE OR LEGAL STATUS.

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

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dorset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £627,936 at the end of the year, a decrease from the previous year's £723,877. The trustees confirm that unrestricted general reserves of £189,936 are in line with their policy to maintain a buffer equivalent to four months of overhead expenditure. The charity reports no debt and confirms that 90% of its projected income for the following year is already secured.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Diverse City (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 20.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Johnsen
• Joshua Ward
• Lydia Patricia Harper
• Naomi Baldwin Webb
• Sophie Cottle
• Stephen Andrew John Bailey · 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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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Diverse UK.

• Diverse UK income £129k
• DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. income £10.4m
• Diversity Rights income £72k
• THE CENTRE FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY income £37k
• ESSEX CULTURAL DIVERSITY PROJECT LTD income £349k
• DIVERSECITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £238k

Side by side with its peers

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