Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres

Registered charity 1137609 Registered since 2010

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

8 trustees on the board

Justin Nicholas Russell Chair since 2026
Andrew Logie since 2024
Cheryl Warren since 2023
Elizabeth Charlotte Roles since 2023
Helen Elizabeth Williams since 2023
James Laidlaw since 2023
Masako Eguchi-Bacon since 2022
Sarah Clarke since 2023

2.6y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

7.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Justin Nicholas Russell Chair since 2026
Andrew Logie since 2024
Cheryl Warren since 2023
Elizabeth Charlotte Roles since 2023
Helen Elizabeth Williams since 2023
James Laidlaw since 2023
Masako Eguchi-Bacon since 2022
Sarah Clarke since 2023

company-linked trustees

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 2Professional services 2Education 1

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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.

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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£2.5m 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.

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

70 from 38 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

Working Well Trust Similar size; both Disability
The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust Similar size; both Disability
WE ARE Beams Similar size; both Disability
Resources for Autism Similar size; both Disability
Headway London - Brain Injury Services Similar size; both Disability
Advocacy Focus Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.dingley.org.uk
Email	info@dingley.org.uk
Phone	01183277424
Address	COMMUNITY CENTRE, KENNET WALK, READING, RG1 3GD

Finances

£2,535,330 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£802,127	£749,430
2022	£852,205	£851,879
2023	£991,377	£1,020,971
2024	£1,576,090	£1,600,827
2025	£2,535,330	£2,367,792

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES BY: PROVIDING SAFE AND STIMULATING PLAY; SUPPORTING THEIR PARENTS, AND; PROVIDING ADVICE AND TRAINING TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS, ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING WIDER INCLUSION FOR CHILDREN.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/06/2010 as amended on 27 Aug 2017 as amended on 12 May 2022

Trustees (8)

8trustees

58median age

0aged 70+

Justin Nicholas Russellage band 60-64 Chair since 2026
Andrew Logieage band 55-59 since 2024
Cheryl Warrenage band 45-49 since 2023
Elizabeth Charlotte Rolesage band 45-49 since 2023
Helen Elizabeth Williamsage band 60-64 since 2023
James Laidlawage band 55-59 since 2023
Masako Eguchi-Baconage band 55-59 since 2022
Sarah Clarkeage band 50-54 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres · 07279320 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 09/06/2010

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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