DRIVING MOBILITY

Registered charity 298178 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FORUM OF MOBILITY CENTRES

Driving Mobility is a network of independent organisations who offer professional high quality information, advice and assessment to individuals who have a medical condition or who are recovering from an accident or injury which may affect their ability to drive, access or egress a motor vehicle.

Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.0m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £279,394, exceeding the trustees' policy target of £100,000, which they believe provides sufficient resources to operate for six months. Total net assets stood at £4,219,959, with the charity reporting a net income increase to £333,808 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding 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: in excess of £100,000 (held: £279k)
“The Trustees have established a policy whereby unrestricted funds that are not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets ("the free reserves") held by the charity should be in excess of £100,000.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Funding to related charity
“During the year, the charity has provided funding of £529,924 to set up a new driving assessment centre in Glasgow, Scotland.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Forum Assessments Limited
“The charity has a wholly owned subsidiary, Forum Assessments Limited, which is set up for the purpose of facilitating vehicle assessments for disabled people.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.0m
Total spending
£1.7m
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
13

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.0m£1.7m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.3m
31/03/2022£631k£789k
31/03/2021£990k£683k

Common questions

Is DRIVING MOBILITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £279,394, exceeding the trustees' policy target of £100,000, which they believe provides sufficient resources to operate for six months. Total net assets stood at £4,219,959, with the charity reporting a net income increase to £333,808 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds DRIVING MOBILITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DRIVING MOBILITY as a grant recipient include MOTABILITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MOTABILITYFY2025£599kBarriers to Driving grant
MOTABILITYFY2022£64kDriving Mobility
MOTABILITYFY2025£2kResearch grant

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WALES MOBILITY DRIVING ASSESSMENT SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DRIVING MOBILITY£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
WALES MOBILITY DRIVING ASSESSMENT SERVICE FY2025£655k—0unclear—noted
DRIVE FY2025£25.2m——above—no doubt
MOTABILITY FY2025£54.2m——within—no doubt
CORNWALL MOBILITY CENTRE LIMITED FY2025£1.2m——below—no doubt
Outdoor Mobility FY2025£151kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt

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