The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Diverse Abilities Plus LTD.

Registered charity 282197 Registered since 1981

Operates: Dorset, Bournemouth, Poole

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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

6.4y median 5.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 8Disability 8Education/training 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 7Property 4Construction 3

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£10.4m 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.

9.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 12.0 in 2021

411 from 402 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.
93%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.diverseabilities.org.uk
Emailinfo@diverseabilities.org.uk
Phone01202718266
AddressDIVERSE ABILITIES HEAD OFFICE, Langside School, Langside Avenue, POOLE, BH12 5BN

Finances

£10,422,143 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£7,470,830£6,940,029
2022£7,962,306£7,785,178
2023£8,334,346£8,450,337
2024£9,567,780£9,307,822
2025£10,422,143£10,584,594

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityAccommodation/housing

Who

People With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE CARE, WELFARE, INTEREST, TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET(OR IN THE EVENT OF ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT RE-ORGANISATION IN AN EQUIVALENT AREA) AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS OF SPASTICS (WHICH EXPRESSION IN THESE PRESENTS SHALL MEAN AND INCLUDE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY FORM OF CEREBRAL PALSY) AND OTHER HANDICAPPED PERSONS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23RD JANUARY 1981 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 28 FEBRUARY 2001. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 20 JULY 2009.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
73median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Diverse Abilities Plus LTD · 01540805 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/01/1981

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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