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Registered charity · Derby

Disability Direct

The charity’s objects (“Objects”) shall be to provide relief for disabled people in Derbyshire and nationally by the provision of, but without limitation:4.1 a “Drop in Centre” to facilitate independent living opportunities;4.2 information and...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £4.2m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Melanie Elliot.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Barnet, Wigan, Derbyshire, Kent and more
Website
www.disabilitydirect.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Disability Direct
Registered
2000

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.2m£3.9m
  • 2024£3.3m£3.1m
  • 2023£2.4m£2.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.5m£1.4m
  • 2021£1.6m£1.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The charity’s objects (“Objects”) shall be to provide relief for disabled people in Derbyshire and nationally by the provision of, but without limitation:4.1 a “Drop in Centre” to facilitate independent living opportunities;4.2 information and advice which directly relieves the need of beneficiaries whether they have a learning difficulty or physical or sensory impairment; and4.3 identification and development of new services which either directly or indirectly facilitates disabled people’s ability to live independently.

Grants received

24 grants · £2,182,844 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

5 trustees on the board

2.8y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5

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

Health and social care 4Arts and leisure 2Business services 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£4.2m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

90 from 56 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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1079831
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMO AND ARTS INCORPORATED 9 DECEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION 13 FEBRUARY 2000 AND 27 JULY 2000 AS AMENDED 27 APRIL 2007 as amended on 31 Mar 2026
Companies House
Company number 03891119 · Active
Contact on the register
01332299449 · accounts@disabilitydirect.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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