DISABILITY INITIATIVE
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Cash
£417k
+8.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£993k
0% vs 2024
Employees
19
-5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£471
+97.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £654,734 | £811,290 | £850,784 | +4.9% | |
| Operating profit | £43,864 | -£21,794 | -£471 | +97.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£21,794 | -£471 | +97.8% | |
| Net profit | £43,864 | -£21,794 | -£471 | +97.8% | |
| Cash | £331,554 | £385,046 | £417,107 | +8.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,015,414 | £993,619 | £993,148 | 0% | |
| Net assets | £1,015,413 | £993,619 | £993,148 | 0% | |
| Equity | £1,015,413 | £993,619 | £993,148 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 17 | 20 | 19 | -5% | |
| Wages | £441,526 | £465,788 | £489,645 | +5.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £0 | £0 | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | -2.7% | -0.1% | |
| Net margin | 6.7% | -2.7% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.3% | -2.2% | -0.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 7.9% | 9.1% | 10.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | 4.88x | 4.87x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- DISABILITY INITIATIVE 2013-05-21 → present
- DISABILITY INITIATIVE LIMITED 1995-03-03 → 2013-05-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Branston Adams
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern nor any significant areas of uncertainty that affect the carrying value of assets held by the charity.”
Group structure
- DISABILITY INITIATIVE · parent
- Disability Initiative Services Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “DI withdrew from the Surrey County Council tender process as the commercial commitments involved were not consistent with the level of risk the charity could prudently carry.”
- “The charity are in talks to purchase the freehold of the Resource Centre from July 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIGNELL, Geoff | Director | 2015-08-24 | Mar 1949 | British |
| COCHRANE, Andrew Robert, Dr | Director | 2024-03-18 | Feb 1975 | British |
| RICKETTS, Bob | Director | 2026-08-27 | Aug 1957 | British |
| ROBINSON, Dan | Director | 2025-09-19 | Oct 1977 | British |
| SCOTT, John Aitken | Director | 2016-04-20 | Nov 1960 | British |
| WHITTLE, Dominic Martin | Director | 2024-03-01 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECK, David Sidney | Secretary | 1995-10-02 | 1996-12-10 |
| BERRIDGE, Terence Robbert | Secretary | 1996-09-27 | 2006-09-01 |
| DAWES, Brian Richard | Secretary | 2010-03-10 | 2011-10-05 |
| FULLER, Denis John Sanderson | Secretary | 2011-10-05 | 2012-11-20 |
| GILL, David Ian Blackmore | Secretary | 2006-10-18 | 2010-03-10 |
| SMITH, John | Secretary | 1995-03-03 | 1995-10-02 |
| AYLOTT, Jill | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2005-10-05 |
| AYLOTT, Richard Edward | Director | 2000-07-04 | 2005-10-05 |
| AYLOTT, Richard Edward | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1999-11-12 |
| BECK, David Sidney | Director | 1995-03-03 | 2003-10-07 |
| BERRIDGE, Terence Robbert | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2010-03-01 |
| BOBBETT, David | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1995-10-02 |
| CATCHPOLE, Barry Richard | Director | 2009-06-22 | 2012-09-19 |
| CAULDER, Marianne | Director | 2016-04-19 | 2026-09-17 |
| CREW, Susan Ann | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2013-02-09 |
| CROFT, Andrew | Director | 2013-03-17 | 2016-11-25 |
| CURRY, Roderick Alan | Director | 2003-09-12 | 2005-07-11 |
| DAWES, Brian | Director | 1998-10-02 | 1999-11-10 |
| FAIRS, Michael Raymond | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1995-04-10 |
| FENDER, Susan Graham | Director | 2004-04-19 | 2008-06-20 |
| FULLER, Denis John Sanderson | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2012-11-20 |
| GILL, David Ian Blackmore | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2013-01-07 |
| HAMMOND, Lynda | Director | 1996-09-27 | 2008-11-25 |
| HINTON-JONES, Nicola Joanne | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2017-01-13 |
| HUNTER, Rosemary, Dr | Director | 1995-07-04 | 2000-10-20 |
| ILES, Frank | Director | 1995-03-03 | 1996-09-27 |
| JACKSON, David Sydney | Director | 1995-10-02 | 1998-10-02 |
| JAMES, Benjamin David | Director | 2009-04-22 | 2014-01-23 |
| JONES, Neil Pilkington | Director | 2013-05-15 | 2017-12-18 |
| KENNEDY, Elizabeth Ann Stafford | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2026-09-17 |
| MOORE, Nigel John | Director | 2000-05-23 | 2004-04-30 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Valentino, Sir | Director | 2018-08-08 | 2026-09-17 |
| PARKER, Martin Robert | Director | 2015-08-24 | 2019-06-24 |
| PEARCE, Patricia Frances Maureen | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2006-10-31 |
| PLUMRIDGE, Matthew John | Director | 2008-11-12 | 2010-03-15 |
| RICKETTS, Robert Nigel | Director | 2016-04-19 | 2026-03-01 |
| SANDIFER MALLARD, Anthony John | Director | 2011-10-05 | 2012-07-19 |
| SEHMER, Karin Margaret | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2015-02-24 |
| STERR, Annette Maria, Professor | Director | 2006-04-12 | 2014-10-31 |
| STEWART, Ian Graham | Director | 2011-11-16 | 2014-10-31 |
| STOCKER, Keith | Director | 2001-07-16 | 2007-11-07 |
| STRUDLEY, Martin Robert, Dr | Director | 1996-09-27 | 1999-10-20 |
| THOMAS, Derek John | Director | 1995-07-04 | 2012-11-20 |
| TORRINGTON, Trevor Michael | Director | 2016-04-20 | 2024-03-12 |
| VICKERMAN, John Stafford | Director | 2019-06-24 | 2020-02-25 |
| WHITTLE, Graham Sidney | Director | 2008-09-10 | 2015-10-28 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Aled, Dr | Director | 2014-12-01 | 2017-01-13 |
| WOODWARD, Nicholas | Director | 1995-03-03 | 2007-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 176 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.