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Registered charity (CIO) · Blackpool

Disability First CIO

Disability First CIO is a registered charity (number 1163162) based in Blackpool, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £82k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £82k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
Where
Lancashire, Blackburn With Darwen, Blackpool, Cumbria
Website
www.disabilityfirst.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£82k£97k
  • 2024£86k£86k
  • 2023£96k£117k
Earlier years
  • 2022£91k£102k
  • 2021£220k£423k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) THE RELIEF OF PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY DISABLED PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT WHICH WILL DIRECTLY RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE.(2) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:(A) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY , SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR RELIGION;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(C) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS;(D) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(E) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

Grants received

4 grants · £120,889 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

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £80,889
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-09-24
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002020-08-11
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002020-05-07
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £80,8892020-04-01
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

3y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 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.

Transport 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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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£82k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1163162
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 17 Aug 2015
Contact on the register
01253 472202 · welcome@disabilityfirst.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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