Disability Focus

Registered charity 1118901 Registered since 2007

Operates: Devon, Plymouth City, Torbay

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Find a path from this charity →

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.

4 trustees on the board

9.7y median 12y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Kim Griffith since 2014
Therese Timberlake since 2014

15y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4

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 4Education 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

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£603k latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

4.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 16.0 in 2021

19 from 14 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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association Trading AS Tourettes Action Similar size; both Disability
Headway Nottingham Limited Similar size; both Disability
Cotswold Friends Similar size; both Disability
Stick 'N' Step Similar size; both Disability
Shirdi SAI Baba Temple Association of London Similar size; both Disability
Look National Federation of Families With Visually Impaired Children Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.disabilityfocus.org
Phone	01803867968
Address	Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE

Finances

£603,289 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£612,123	£457,566
2022	£567,395	£592,534
2023	£588,809	£672,436
2024	£588,018	£633,695
2025	£603,289	£669,231

What it does

What

Disability

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN DEVON BY THE PROVISION OF SERVICES, AIDS AND EQUIPMENT BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO ENABLE AND/OR ASSIST PEOPLE WITH SUCH DISABILITIES TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 19 JANUARY 2007

Trustees (4)

4trustees

70median age

2aged 70+

Felicity Jane Rainbirdage band 70-74 since 2021
Kim Griffithage band 55-59 since 2014
Thomas Charles Fallonage band 85-89
Therese Timberlakeage band 65-69 since 2014

Linked company (Companies House)

Disability Focus · 06058379 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 19/01/2007

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates - free with an account.

Create your free account ->

Report an error in this record - let us know.