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Registered charity · London

Disability LAW Service

For the public benefit and for general charitable purposes according to the laws of England and Wales and in particular, but not exclusively, for the promotion of equality, diversity, independence, and health of disabled people including, but not...

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £899k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Disability
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.dls.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Disability LAW Service
Registered
1980

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£899k£926k
  • 2024£850k£845k
  • 2023£850k£716k
Earlier years
  • 2022£656k£669k
  • 2021£624k£594k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 22%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

For the public benefit and for general charitable purposes according to the laws of England and Wales and in particular, but not exclusively, for the promotion of equality, diversity, independence, and health of disabled people including, but not exclusively, by way of: the provision of free legal and other advice to disabled people; the provision of free legal representation for disabled people; the provision of free legal and other advice to those in poverty where to do so is part of a wider project that benefits disabled people; advocating for changes in law or policy or the way in which they are implemented where to do so will advance the interests of disabled people; the education of others about disabled people.

Grants received

37 grants · £3,859,553 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

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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 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

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 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.

Professional services 4Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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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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£899k 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.

4.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.8 in 2021

15 from 13 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
280805
Status
Registered
Governing document
INCORPORATED 11/01/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/01/1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/2002NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26/01/2011 as amended on 21 Apr 2020
Companies House
Company number 01408520 · Active
Contact on the register
02077919800 · advice@dls.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
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