THE DISABILITIES TRUST
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Next accounts due
2027-02-28 (in 9mo)
Last filed for 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-26 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-12
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+31% vs 2024
Net assets
£96M
-6.6% vs 2024
Employees
1,800
+10.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-05-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE DISABILITIES TRUST 1997-01-09 → present
- DISABLED HOUSING TRUST 1989-01-12 → 1997-01-09
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-05-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £60,080,000 | £73,420,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | -£4,326,000 | -£6,899,000 | |
| Cash | £3,067,000 | £4,017,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £103,579,000 | £96,932,000 | |
| Net assets | £102,916,000 | £96,111,000 | |
| Equity | £102,916,000 | £96,111,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,629 | 1,800 | |
| Wages | £37,992,000 | £45,250,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-05-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -7.2% | -9.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.90x | 1.57x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Board has concluded that the existing level of free reserves, available investment and cash balances, coupled with strong cost control and the continued implementation of our new strategy, is sufficient to ensure Brainkind has the resources to continue operating as a going concern, and to meet our obligations as they fall due.”
Group structure
- THE DISABILITIES TRUST · parent
- Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust Limited
- York House Ventures Limited
Significant events
- “The past year has been one of consolidation for our organisation, as we continued to embed our new identity as Brainkind and integrate new services into our organisation.”
- “This year we focused on consolidation following the opening of our new hospital in York in early 2024 and our acquisition of a further three neurological services.”
- “The Linkworker Team was awarded Research Project of the Year at the Neuro-rehab Times (NRT) awards in December 2024.”
- “On 31 October 2025 the decision was made by the Board of Trustees to close The Chantry service in Ipswich. The current planned date of closure is the 30 April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 78 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWTHORNE, Sara Margaret Elvira Gail | Secretary | 2024-12-09 | — | — |
| ARINO GUTIERREZ, Monica | Director | 2025-02-26 | Apr 1977 | British |
| BARRY-BAYLISS, Jordan James | Director | 2025-02-26 | May 1979 | British |
| BELL, Cara Elizabeth | Director | 2025-02-26 | Apr 1984 | British |
| BENTLEY, Annabel Jane Elizabeth, Dr | Director | 2023-07-31 | May 1971 | British |
| CASTEL, Heather Eve | Director | 2021-05-28 | May 1976 | British,American |
| GREENBERG, Kathryn Mary | Director | 2021-09-27 | Jan 1969 | British |
| HOLMES, Lynne Margaret | Director | 2025-02-26 | Apr 1957 | British |
| IVERSEN, Britt | Director | 2023-07-31 | Mar 1972 | Danish |
| WARNER, Thomas Treharne, Professor | Director | 2023-07-31 | Apr 1963 | British |
| WINDLE, Nathan Nicholas | Director | 2025-02-26 | Sep 1987 | British |
Show 78 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNBURY, Leroy | Secretary | 2019-11-05 | 2020-11-15 |
| BUNBURY, Leroy | Secretary | 2019-07-30 | 2019-08-06 |
| CUNNINGHAM, David Mark | Secretary | 2014-09-29 | 2017-12-01 |
| FORTESCUE, Sandra | Secretary | 2006-03-23 | 2008-05-12 |
| LOWRY, Fiona Jane | Secretary | 1993-02-22 | 1993-02-25 |
| MACKRORY-JAMIESON, Iain | Secretary | 2008-05-12 | 2014-03-10 |
| MULLENS, John Harry | Secretary | — | 1992-12-21 |
| RYE, James Edward | Secretary | 2004-05-21 | 2006-03-17 |
| SHIELDS, Kimberly Christine | Secretary | 2022-05-23 | 2024-01-30 |
| TAYLOR, Gerald David | Secretary | 1993-05-10 | 2004-05-20 |
| THAYRE, Emma | Secretary | 2024-02-26 | 2024-09-30 |
| AKESTER, Harriet Susan | Director | 1996-07-15 | 2014-03-10 |
| ANDERSON, George Graham | Director | — | 2008-11-30 |
| BARTHOLOMEW, Mary | Director | 2004-09-24 | 2015-09-28 |
| BILLINGTON, Tom | Director | 2023-08-02 | 2025-12-01 |
| BLACK, John Arthur | Director | 1993-09-06 | 1996-07-01 |
| CAIRD, Giuseppina | Director | 2006-09-25 | 2009-07-20 |
| COOPER, Richard Anthony | Director | 1999-03-29 | 2002-09-30 |
| COPPEN, George Graham Pryse | Director | 1999-03-29 | 2002-09-30 |
| DEEMING, Nicholas | Director | 1999-03-29 | 2002-09-30 |
| DOBROWOLSKI, Paula Bernadette, Dr | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2018-11-26 |
| DOXFORD, Robert Fenwick | Director | — | 1993-04-24 |
| DRUGAN, Caroline Susan, Dr | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2022-08-18 |
| DUFFILL, Pamela Elizabeth | Director | 2005-09-26 | 2013-01-23 |
| FAWCETT, Julie | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2007-09-24 |
| FLETCHER, June Wendy | Director | 1993-04-24 | 1994-04-23 |
| FLETCHER, Stephen John | Director | 2007-09-24 | 2010-10-01 |
| FOSTER, Jocelyn Claire Alice, Dr. | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2016-11-21 |
| GOLDFINCH, Christopher | Director | 1992-04-25 | 1994-04-23 |
| GOODING, Susan | Director | — | 1993-04-24 |
| GREEN, Michael | Director | 2010-07-19 | 2021-11-29 |
| HALDANE, Robert Mungo John | Director | 1999-03-29 | 2002-09-30 |
| HANCOX, Ann Blanche | Director | 1992-04-25 | 1993-04-23 |
| HANCOX, Anne Blanche | Director | 1994-04-23 | 2016-11-21 |
| HANCOX, Anne Blanche | Director | 1993-04-24 | 1994-04-22 |
| HANCOX, Victor Frank | Director | 1994-05-17 | 2016-11-21 |
| HAYES, Michael George | Director | 1995-04-29 | 2013-09-23 |
| HEATHER, David | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2007-09-24 |
| HOLMES, Nicholas Henry | Director | 1997-10-30 | 1998-10-29 |
| HOWELL, Stephen William | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2021-11-29 |
| HOYLE, Roger Anthony | Director | 2014-07-01 | 2021-11-29 |
| JACKMAN, Eileen Christina | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2019-11-25 |
| JACKSON, Peter John | Director | 2005-09-26 | 2017-11-20 |
| JAMES, Matthew | Director | 2019-03-25 | 2025-10-08 |
| KAY, Brenda | Director | — | 1993-05-12 |
| KERWIN, Alan | Director | 1993-04-24 | 2003-06-22 |
| KERWIN, Alan | Director | 1992-04-25 | 1993-04-23 |
| LINDSAY, David John, Doctor | Director | 1991-12-03 | 1993-04-24 |
| LITTLE, Robert Gordon | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2010-04-30 |
| LIVADEAS, Themis Sara | Director | 2016-07-25 | 2022-08-18 |
| LOVE, Stephen | Director | 1994-04-23 | 1996-02-14 |
| LOVE, Stephen | Director | — | 1994-04-22 |
| LUKAS, Julia Katherine | Director | 1997-08-14 | 2005-05-09 |
| LYTH, Martin | Director | 1996-12-12 | 1998-10-29 |
| MCCARTHY, Kenneth John | Director | — | 1993-05-12 |
| MELVIN, Caroline | Director | 1999-03-29 | 2005-09-26 |
| MOXON, Eileen | Director | 1993-04-24 | 1997-05-15 |
| OSMAN, Frederick | Director | 1996-07-15 | 2009-09-28 |
| OSULLIVAN, Catherine Denise | Director | 1991-12-03 | 1992-10-02 |
| PHILIPSBORN, Christopher Edwin | Director | 2016-07-25 | 2022-08-18 |
| REECE, Barry James | Director | — | 1992-02-24 |
| REID, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2026-01-25 |
| ROWE, Mark Keith | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2020-01-05 |
| RUSSAM, Charles Michael | Director | 1996-07-15 | 1997-10-30 |
| SHAW, Basil Leonard, Squardon Leader | Director | — | 1993-05-12 |
| TITHERADGE, David Edward Hettrel | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2005-05-09 |
| UPFOLD, Mitchell | Director | 1993-09-06 | 1995-04-29 |
| VAN MOL, Graham | Director | 1993-04-24 | 1994-04-23 |
| VAN MOL, Gustave | Director | 1992-04-25 | 1993-04-23 |
| WAITE, Marianne Catherine | Director | 2021-05-28 | 2023-09-27 |
| WARING, Stephen Howard | Director | 2019-03-25 | 2024-12-03 |
| WEBB, Julia Elizabeth | Director | — | 1997-02-27 |
| WILSON, Richard William | Director | 2019-03-25 | 2025-05-14 |
| WILSON, Simon Trevor | Director | — | 1993-05-12 |
| WOODS, James Stephen | Director | — | 1993-05-12 |
| YIEND, David Jonathan Douglas | Director | 2009-01-12 | 2013-04-23 |
| YORATH, Christine Margaret | Director | 2015-09-28 | 2020-07-13 |
| YORATH, Christine Margaret | Director | 1993-04-24 | 2013-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 305 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-23 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-25 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-05-31 vs 2024-05-31
-
Turnover
+22.2%
£60,080,000 £73,420,000
-
Cash
+31%
£3,067,000 £4,017,000
-
Net assets
-6.6%
£102,916,000 £96,111,000
-
Employees
+10.5%
1,629 1,800
-
Wages
+19.1%
£37,992,000 £45,250,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers