THE WILLIAM MERRITT DISABLED LIVING CENTRE
Registered charity 513001 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WILLIAM MERRITT AIDS AND INFORMATION CENTRE, THE WILLIAM MERRITT DISABLED LIVING CENTRE AND MOBILITY SERVICE
Our mission is to empower people with disabilities to maximise their life opportunities through the provision of professional clinical assessments, advice and information about assistive technology. Throughout the Yorkshire region.
Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £70,529 for the year ended 31 March 2025, adding to its reserves. The trustees report that the Centre remains in a strong financial position, supported by continued funding from bodies such as WYICB, LCC, and Dft, with unrestricted funds totaling £694,875. The charity has a reserves policy requiring a minimum of six months of staff costs, which is currently met given the expected annual staff costs of £900,000.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months staff costs (held: £695k)
“It has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds held should be a minimum of six months staff costs based on the budgeted expenditure for the following year. The figure for staff costs for 2025/26 is expected to be in the region of £900,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Ford Campbell Freedman Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — William Merritt Disabled Living Centre (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- David Blythe — General Manager (source)
- Keith Murray — Chair (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- RACHEL BEVERLEY-STEVENSONchair
- DAVID BRUCE
- Denis Sutcliffe
- Dr Paramita Dasgupta Ghosh
- JAN SPENCER
- KEITH MURRAY
- Kieran Preston
- Margaret Mary Faulkner
- Nicola Prior
- PROF M A CHAMBERLAIN
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Doncaster · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE WILLIAM MERRITT DISABLED LIVING CENTRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £70,529 for the year ended 31 March 2025, adding to its reserves. The trustees report that the Centre remains in a strong financial position, supported by continued funding from bodies such as WYICB, LCC, and Dft, with unrestricted funds totaling £694,875. The charity has a reserves policy requiring a minimum of six months of staff costs, which is currently met given the expected annual staff costs of £900,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ford Campbell Freedman Limited.
Who funds THE WILLIAM MERRITT DISABLED LIVING CENTRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WILLIAM MERRITT DISABLED LIVING CENTRE as a grant recipient include MOTABILITY.
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