DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD.
Registered charity 282197 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORSET SCOPE, DORSET SCOPE LIMITED
Diverse Abilities' mission is to enable children and adults with disabilities to achieve their full potential by providing a lifetime of sustainable support and educational services. We offer the broadest choice of high quality services tailored to individual needs and support people primarily across Dorset and West Hampshire local authority areas, but further afield if required.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves stood at £2,755,715, representing 2.9 months of forward expenditure, which is in line with the charity's policy of holding between 2 to 3 months in unrestricted undesignated funds. The trustees confirmed there are no issues regarding going concern, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties relating to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: two to three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £2.8m)
“The charity’s policy of holding between 2 to 3 months in unrestricted undesignated funds to cover any breakdown of the local authority and NHS funding.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Property and services supplied by Adventure Wonderland, a company where director Ms. L. Lucas-Rowe is a director.
“Ms. L. Lucas-Rowe is a director of Adventure Wonderland who supplied property and services to the value of £113,537 (2024: £25,680).” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Pension scheme deficit: £16.1m
“A full actuarial valuation was carried out at September 2023. This valuation showed assets of £514.9m, liabilities of £531m, and a deficit of £16.1m”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Edwards Support Services Limited, Edward Facilities Services Limited
“These financial statements consolidate the results of the charity and its wholly owned subsidiaries Edwards Support Services Limited (registered number 08030344) and Edwards Facility Services (registered number 14016455).” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Diverse Abilities (matched by registered charity number).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MORRIS, Andrew John — director, appointed 20/11/2025on trustee list
- JENKINSON, Annie Margaret Tess — director, appointed 29/09/2025not on trustee list
- TRAPNELL, Sandie — director, appointed 20/11/2023on trustee list
- GIBSON, Jonathan David — director, appointed 01/04/2022on trustee list
- LUCAS-ROWE, Lucy Caroline — director, appointed 23/01/2019not on trustee list
- RIDGWAY, Geoffrey Lindsay, Dr — director, appointed 01/12/2015not on trustee list
- DAVIES, Martin Edward — director, appointed 15/12/2014on trustee list
- SMITH, John Allan Raymond, Dr — director, appointed 24/06/2013on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
19 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (18 freehold); recorded price paid £1.6m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Diverse Abilities Plus Ltd — Registered, 7 registered locations, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 22/02/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£384k
Reported reserves equal ~9.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- Diverse Abilities Plus - Supported Living: Not Rated · CQC record
- Shapes Domiciliary Service: Good (11/02/2022) · CQC record
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (17/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- John Smithchair · trustee of 1 other charity
- Andrew Morris
- Annie Jenkison
- Geoff Ridgway
- Jonathan David Gibson
- Lucy Lucas- Rowe
- MARTIN DAVIES · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sandie Trapnell
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bournemouth · Dorset · Poole
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves stood at £2,755,715, representing 2.9 months of forward expenditure, which is in line with the charity's policy of holding between 2 to 3 months in unrestricted undesignated funds. The trustees confirmed there are no issues regarding going concern, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties relating to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD.?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. as a grant recipient include THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST, ST ALDHELM'S CHAPEL TRUST, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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