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Disability Challengers

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £3.2m (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Disability, Recreation
Where
Hampshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Kingston Upon Thames and more
Website
www.disability-challengers.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Disability Challengers
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.2m£3.3m
  • 2024£2.9m£2.8m
  • 2023£2.6m£2.6m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.9m£2.9m
  • 2020£2.9m£2.8m
Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND THROUGH RECREATION, ARTISTIC, SPORTING AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER FOR THE LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS INCLUDING THOSE CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH A PHYSICAL AND/OR LEARNING DISABILITY, BEING FACILITIES OF WHICH SUCH CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS MAY HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEIR DISABILITIES, BY1. PROVIDING TRULY INCLUSIVE, FUN AND SAFE PLACES WHERE ALL DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AGED UP TO 25 YEARS CAN SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FRIENDS2. PROVIDING A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR FAMILIES AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE SERVICE DELIVERY ACROSS SOUTH EAST ENGLAND3. TO NEVER EXCLUDE A CHILD OR YOUNG PERSON AND ENSURING SERVICES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS AND DESIRES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE4. DELIVERING HIGH QUALITY TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE5. LEADING BY EXAMPLE AND BE A CHAMPION FOR INCLUSION THROUGH THE OFFER OF PARTICIPATION, TRAINING, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE SO THAT OTHERS CAN DO THE SAME6. PROVIDING OTHER SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE CHARITY TO DELIVER SUPPORT TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE VISION OF A WORLD WHERE ALL DISABLED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN PLAY TOGETHER FREELY.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

9 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

8
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 9Recreation 9

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 7Other services 2Hospitality 1

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.2m latest income
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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.0 in 2020

199 from 352 in 2020
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.
36%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1095134
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8 OCTOBER 2001.AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 MAY 2018AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 19 JUL 2018 as amended on 04 Dec 2024
Companies House
Company number 04300724 · Active
Contact on the register
01483579390 · finance@disability-challengers.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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