# DISABILITY DIRECT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1079831
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 13, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1079831


## Contact

- **Address:** Disability Direct, The Richard Shaw Centre, 20 Royal Scot Road, Pride Park, DERBY
- **Postcode:** DE24 8AJ
- **Phone:** 01332299449
- **Email:** accounts@disabilitydirect.com
- **Website:** www.disabilitydirect.com



## Activities

**Objects:** SHALL BE TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR DISABLED PEOPLE IN DERBY AND IN THE SURROUNDING REGIONS, BY THE PROVISION OF, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION: A DROP IN CENTRE TO FACILITATE INDEPENDENT LIVING OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION AND ADVICE WHICH DIRECTLY RELIEVES THE NEED OF THE BENEFICIARIES WHETHER THEY HAVE A LEARNING DIFFICULTY OR PHYSICAL OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENT AND IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SERVICES WHICH EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FACILITATES DISABLED PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY.

**Activities:** Disability Direct is a support service for disabled people. We are also an umbrella agency for smaller groups of disabled people. We are an organisation of disabled people and currently employ 14 paid staff and 35 volunteers.

**Area of benefit:** DERBY AND IN THE SURROUNDING REGIONS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Barnet
- Derbyshire
- Kent
- Nottinghamshire
- Rutland
- Surrey
- Wigan



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4165274 | £3870625 | £1725168 | 90 |
| March 31, 2024 | £3254872 | £3123204 | £1391191 | 70 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2367955 | £1978880 | £1310208 | 51 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1513775 | £1424177 | £921133 | 51 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1559948 | £1366658 | £831535 | 56 |



## Trustees

- **Robin Wood** (Chair)
- Amin Saquib — appointed July 1, 2024
- Dominic Rees-Jones — appointed May 1, 2021
- Dr Adarsh Batra — appointed Jan. 16, 2025
- Melanie Elliot — appointed Oct. 1, 2025
- Peter Cade — appointed Feb. 1, 2023
- Stephen Peter Aspey — appointed July 20, 2023