EQUALITY TOGETHER
Registered charity 700084 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRADFORD DISABILITY SERVICES LIMITED, BRADFORD DISABILITY SERVICES LTD, DISABILITY ADVICE BRADFORD, DISABILITY EQUIPMENT BRADFORD
OFFERS FREE AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO DISABLED PEOPLE, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES IN THE BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ON BENEFITS, EQUIPMENT,PARKING, TRANSPORT, EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION,LEISURE, HOUSING AND HOLIDAYS. PROVIDES SHORT-TERM WHEELCHAIR AND DISABILITY EQUIPMENT HIRE.
Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year and holds unrestricted free reserves of £11,253, which the trustees acknowledge falls significantly short of their stated policy target of four months of core operating expenditure (£120,434). While the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, the filing highlights ongoing cashflow challenges and a reliance on securing sustainable income streams to rebuild reserves.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £11k; policy: four months of core operating expenditure)
“The current level of reserves falls significantly short of this target.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Mark Nicholson — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Christopher Elliott — Finance Director (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.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~0.1 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 (92% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (19/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (25/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/09/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is EQUALITY TOGETHER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit for the year and holds unrestricted free reserves of £11,253, which the trustees acknowledge falls significantly short of their stated policy target of four months of core operating expenditure (£120,434). While the trustees and auditors confirm the charity is a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future, the filing highlights ongoing cashflow challenges and a reliance on securing sustainable income streams to rebuild reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services Ltd.
Who funds EQUALITY TOGETHER?
Funders whose own accounts filings name EQUALITY TOGETHER as a grant recipient include BRUCE WAKE CHARITY, THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATION, SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
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