DISABILITY INITIATIVE
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-17 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£385K
+16.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£994K
-2.1% vs 2023
Employees
20
+17.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £654,734 | £737,668 | |
| Operating profit | £43,864 | -£21,794 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £43,864 | -£21,794 | |
| Cash | £331,554 | £385,046 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,015,414 | £993,619 | |
| Net assets | £1,015,413 | £993,619 | |
| Equity | £1,015,413 | £993,619 | |
| Average employees | 17 | 20 | |
| Wages | £441,526 | £465,788 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | -3.0% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | -3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | -2.2% | |
| Current ratio | -5.13x | -4.88x |
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
- Branston Adams
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity.”
Group structure
- DISABILITY INITIATIVE · parent
- Disability Initiative Services Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Chairman's Statement 2024: A Landmark 50th Anniversary.”
- “Royal Visit from our Patron, in December by HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh.”
- “DI being prominently featured in multiple articles worldwide.”
- “Successful completion of the second year of DI Adept, a transformative initiative.”
- “Successfully achieved six consecutive months of operational surplus in the latter half of the year.”
- “Outstanding staff retention rates.”
- “Extraordinary volunteers are invaluable, amplifying reach and enriching lives.”
- “Charity reports a consolidated deficit for the year of £22k (2023 = +£44k). 2023 benefited from an extraordinary legacy from a former volunteer of £80k; accordingly, we have managed to half the underlying trading deficit on our client services provision in this year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 45 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGNELL, Geoff | Director | 2015-08-24 | Mar 1949 | British |
| CAULDER, Marianne | Director | 2016-04-19 | Aug 1967 | Danish |
| COCHRANE, Andrew Robert, Dr | Director | 2024-03-18 | Feb 1975 | British |
| KENNEDY, Elizabeth Ann Stafford | Director | 2016-04-20 | Jul 1946 | British |
| MORRIS, Andrew Valentino, Sir | Director | 2018-08-08 | Oct 1955 | British |
| ROBINSON, Dan | Director | 2025-09-19 | Oct 1977 | British |
| SCOTT, John Aitken | Director | 2016-04-20 | Nov 1960 | British |
| WHITTLE, Dominic Martin | Director | 2024-03-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 45 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, David Sidney | Secretary | 1995-10-02 | 1996-12-10 |
| BERRIDGE, Terence Robbert | Secretary | 1996-09-27 | 2006-09-01 |
| DAWES, Brian Richard | Secretary | 2010-03-10 | 2011-10-05 |
| FULLER, Denis John Sanderson | Secretary | 2011-10-05 | 2012-11-20 |
| GILL, David Ian Blackmore | Secretary | 2006-10-18 | 2010-03-10 |
| SMITH, John | Secretary | 1995-03-03 | 1995-10-02 |
| AYLOTT, Jill | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2005-10-05 |
| AYLOTT, Richard Edward | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2005-10-05 |
| AYLOTT, Richard Edward | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1999-11-12 |
| BECK, David Sidney | Director | 1995-03-03 | 2003-10-07 |
| BERRIDGE, Terence Robbert | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2010-03-01 |
| BOBBETT, David | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1995-10-02 |
| CATCHPOLE, Barry Richard | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2012-09-19 |
| CREW, Susan Ann | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2013-02-09 |
| CROFT, Andrew | Director | 2013-03-17 | 2016-11-25 |
| CURRY, Roderick Alan | Director | 2003-09-12 | 2005-07-11 |
| DAWES, Brian | Director | 1998-10-02 | 1999-11-10 |
| FAIRS, Michael Raymond | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1995-04-10 |
| FENDER, Susan Graham | Director | 2004-04-19 | 2008-06-20 |
| FULLER, Denis John Sanderson | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2012-11-20 |
| GILL, David Ian Blackmore | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2013-01-07 |
| HAMMOND, Lynda | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2008-11-25 |
| HINTON-JONES, Nicola Joanne | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2017-01-13 |
| HUNTER, Rosemary, Dr | Director | 1995-07-04 | 2000-10-20 |
| ILES, Frank | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1996-09-27 |
| JACKSON, David Sydney | Director | 1995-10-02 | 1998-10-02 |
| JAMES, Benjamin David | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2014-01-23 |
| JONES, Neil Pilkington | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2017-12-18 |
| MOORE, Nigel John | Director | 2000-05-23 | 2004-04-30 |
| PARKER, Martin Robert | Director | 2015-08-24 | 2019-06-24 |
| PEARCE, Patricia Frances Maureen | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2006-10-31 |
| PLUMRIDGE, Matthew John | Director | 2008-11-12 | 2010-03-15 |
| RICKETTS, Robert Nigel | Director | 2016-04-19 | 2026-03-01 |
| SANDIFER MALLARD, Anthony John | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2012-07-19 |
| SEHMER, Karin Margaret | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2015-02-24 |
| STERR, Annette Maria, Professor | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2014-10-31 |
| STEWART, Ian Graham | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2014-10-31 |
| STOCKER, Keith | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2007-11-07 |
| STRUDLEY, Martin Robert, Dr | Director | 1996-09-27 | 1999-10-20 |
| THOMAS, Derek John | Director | 1995-07-04 | 2012-11-20 |
| TORRINGTON, Trevor Michael | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2024-03-12 |
| VICKERMAN, John Stafford | Director | 2019-06-24 | 2020-02-25 |
| WHITTLE, Graham Sidney | Director | 2008-09-10 | 2015-10-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Aled, Dr | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-01-13 |
| WOODWARD, Nicholas | Director | 1995-03-03 | 2007-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+12.7%
£654,734 £737,668
-
Cash
+16.1%
£331,554 £385,046
-
Net assets
-2.1%
£1,015,413 £993,619
-
Employees
+17.6%
17 20
-
Operating profit
-149.7%
£43,864 -£21,794
-
Wages
+5.5%
£441,526 £465,788
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