The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Business Disability Forum

Registered charity 1018463 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (5)

13
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 15General Charitable Purposes 15Education/training 14Economic/community Development/employment 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Professional services 20Health and social care 18Tech and media 8

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.4m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.6 in 2021

56 from 31 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
15%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.businessdisabilityforum.org.uk
Emailenquiries@businessdisabilityforum.org.uk
Phone02074033020
AddressDowgate Hill House, 14-16 Dowgate Hill, London, EC4R 2SU

Finances

£4,393,914 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,539,879£1,954,309
2022£3,218,927£2,466,643
2023£3,720,030£2,922,275
2024£4,024,570£3,631,530
2025£4,393,914£4,319,875

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING AIMED AT INCREASING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: AND2) THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING AIMED AT INCREASING ACCESSIBILITY TO GOODS AND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/04/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/12/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19/11/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 26/09/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/01/2013 as amended on 22 Jul 2020

Trustees (15)

15trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Business Disability Forum · 02603700 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/04/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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