THE DISABILITIES TRUST

Registered charity 800797 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DISABLED HOUSING TRUST · also registered in Scotland as SC038972 (OSCR)

The principal activities of Brainkind which is the operating name of the charity. This includes rehabilitation and support solutions for people with profound physical impairments, acquired brain injury and learning disabilities, as well as for children and adults with autism.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a £6.8 million deficit for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets to £96.1 million. Despite this financial loss and challenges with occupancy levels, the trustees confirm that free reserves and cash balances are sufficient to continue operating as a going concern. The charity maintains a stated free reserves target of £8 million, against which its actual free reserves of £12.98 million are currently held.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02334589
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02863860

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Dr Rudi Coetzer — Research 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Barrow Cadbury Trust — “Mainly funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust and The Pilgrim Trust, the service is the latest in a series of Linkworker services.” (source page)
• The Pilgrim Trust — “Mainly funded by the Barrow Cadbury Trust and The Pilgrim Trust, the service is the latest in a series of Linkworker services.” (source page)

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.

• BARRY-BAYLISS, Jordan James — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• BENTLEY, Annabel Jane Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 01/12/2025on trustee list
• BARRY-BAYLISS, Jordan James — director, appointed 26/02/2025on trustee list
• HOLMES, Lynne Margaret — director, appointed 26/02/2025on trustee list
• WINDLE, Nathan Nicholas — director, appointed 26/02/2025on trustee list
• BELL, Cara Elizabeth — director, appointed 26/02/2025on trustee list
• ARINO GUTIERREZ, Monica — director, appointed 26/02/2025not on trustee list
• GREEN, Michael Peter — director, appointed 09/11/2023not on trustee list
• COETZER, Rudi — director, appointed 09/11/2023not on trustee list
• WARNER, Thomas Treharne, Professor — director, appointed 31/07/2023not on trustee list
• BENTLEY, Annabel Jane Elizabeth, Dr — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• IVERSEN, Britt — director, appointed 31/07/2023on trustee list
• GREENBERG, Kathryn Mary — director, appointed 27/09/2021on trustee list
• CASTEL, Heather Eve — director, appointed 28/05/2021on trustee list
• HAWTHORNE, Sara Margaret Elvira Gail — secretary, appointed 09/12/2024

Official officers record.

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

47 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (34 freehold); recorded price paid £42.0m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust — Registered, 20 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 30/05/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

CQC provider record: The Disabilities Trust — Registered, 48 registered locations, 5 regulated activities, last inspected 27/07/2022.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook (5,884 likes) · linkedin (14,362 followers)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: 0.2% 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).

• Thomas Edward Mitton House: Inadequate (15/07/2026) · CQC record
• Victoria House: Requires improvement (24/01/2025) · CQC record
• Shinewater Court: Good (10/09/2019) · CQC record
• Disabilities Trust - 9 Twyford Lane: Good (22/11/2019) · CQC record
• Stagenhoe Park: Good (15/01/2020) · CQC record
• Bixley Road Scheme: Good (09/12/2017) · CQC record
• Brainkind Neurological Centre York: Good (15/09/2022) · CQC record
• West Heath House: Good (01/10/2021) · CQC record
• Daniel Yorath House: Good (01/11/2018) · CQC record
• Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust - Cook Close (Dover Court): Good (09/05/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Annabel Jane Elizabeth Bentley
• Britt Iversen
• Cara Elizabeth Bell
• Dr David Ting-Hao Chang
• Dr Louise Maynard-Atem
• Dr Neil Gareth Churchill · trustee of 1 other charity
• Heather Eve Castel
• Jordan James Barry-Bayliss
• Judith Victoria Brooks · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kathryn Mary Greenberg
• Kevin Braim
• Lynne Margaret Holmes
• NIGEL KEITH LETHBRIDGE SCOTT
• Tom Warner

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRAIN CHARITY.

• THE BRAIN CHARITY income £1.8m
• THE BRAINWAVE CENTRE LIMITED income £2.2m
• Headway London - Brain Injury Services income £2.5m
• CHILD BRAIN INJURY TRUST income £1.8m
• BRAINS MATTER CHARITY income £239k
• HEADWAY COTSWOLD TRUST LIMITED income £387k

Side by side with its peers

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