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Registered charity (CIO) · Smeeth

Dads Unlimited

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.dadsunltd.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2017

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024£856k£565k
  • 2023£642k£500k
Earlier years
  • 2022£350k£294k
  • 2021£148k£137k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (DADS UNLIMITED) ARE:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF RELATIONSHIPBREAKDOWN WHEREBY CHILDREN ARE INVOLVED, IN PARTICULAR BY FOCUSING ONFATHERS;2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PROVIDE THE RELIEF OF THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTHOF FATHERS IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING, SUPPORTAND SERVICES FOR THE ONGOING SAFETY OF MEN WHO ARE ABUSED AND THOSEARE AFFECTED BY ABUSE.3. TO PROVIDE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, ASSISTANCE THROUGH CONCILIATIONFOR COUPLES WITH CHILDREN WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE BREAKINGDOWN, AND WHERE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN, TOADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCESOVER ASSOCIATED MATTERS SUCH AS CUSTODY AND ACCESS TO CHILDREN, ANDFINANCIAL MATTERS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIOFOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THECHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIESACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008]

Grants received

19 grants · £1,115,341 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.

4 trustees on the board

2.5y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4General Charitable Purposes 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 4 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£856k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.4 in 2021

16 from 14 in 2023
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
1174832
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 25 Sep 2017
Contact on the register
01233 680150 · office@dadsunltd.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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