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Company Registration No. 05506903 (England and Wales) Charity No: 1114622

DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD (A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

Report and Financial Statements

For the Year Ended

31 March 2025

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee) CONTENTS

Page
Legal and Administrative Information 2
Report of the Trustees 3
Independent Examiner’s Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Statement of Cash Flows 10
Notes to the Financial Statements 11

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee) LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees/Directors R S Aldwin (Resigned 17 January 20250
R Amin
N G Darby
K Dobson
D Duckworth
C L Gill
M Harris
P Parmar (Appointed 17 January 2025)
Core management personnel:
Chief Executive & Company Secretary M Close
Payroll and finance administrator H Paton
Buildings and Reception co-ordinator D Butler
Company Number 05506903
Charity Number 1114622
Registered Office Bannister House
23 Sedgwick Street
Preston
Lancashire
PR1 1TP
Independent examiner MHA
Chartered Accountants
Richard House
Winckley Square
Preston
PR1 3HP

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The trustees of Disability Equality (NW) Ltd, who are also the directors for the purposes of the Companies Act, present their annual report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

Disability Equality (NW) Ltd is a charitable company limited by guarantee and was incorporated on 13 July 2005. The company remained dormant until 1 April 2006 when the objects of the charity commenced. The organisation was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company, and is governed under its Articles of Association.

Appointment of trustees

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. There is no minimum/maximum number of directors on the board at any given time, however, the Board shall comprise a minimum of 50% of skilled disabled people or a nominated family member or a carer. The trustees may at any time co-opt any person duly qualified to fill a vacancy or additional trustee. Such appointments are only valid until the next AGM. One third of trustees must retire at the AGM but can be re-appointed.

Trustee induction and training

Training and induction is provided for new trustees by means of an induction pack, accompanied by a Trustees’ Handbook containing various helpful documents, and meetings with senior staff and trustees to learn about the background of the charity. The trustees are invited to take up places on relevant locally arranged courses.

Risk management

The trustees continually examine the major strategic business and operational risks which the charity faces and confirm that systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that the necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks. Trustees meet on a regular basis, usually monthly, either in person or virtually. The Trustee officers also meet as and when required to ensure the smooth running of the charity. The Risk Assessment is used to inform the charity’s Business Plan and Strategic Objectives.

The following major risks have been identified by the trustees:

As a consequence of these risks the trustees are constantly looking for new ways to reduce their outgoings and increase income from grants, contracts and donations and access external skilled support where needed.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Organisation

Trustees are supported by the Chief Executive and other paid staff from the offices in Bannister House, Preston. Service delivery is supported by volunteers who are recruited and trained.

Core management personnel remuneration

The trustees consider the board of directors, who are the organisation’s trustees, the chief executive the accounts/payroll administrator and reception/buildings co-ordinator comprise the core personnel of the charity in charge of directing and controlling, running and operating the organisation on a day to day basis. All trustees give of their time freely and no trustee received remuneration in the year. The remuneration of the chief executive is determined by trustees in line with their remuneration policy, and then any decisions will go to the full trustee board for discussion and approval.

Public benefit, objectives and activities

Each year our trustees review our objectives and activities to ensure they continue to reflect our aims. In carrying out this review the trustees have considered the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.

The objects for which the service is established are:

The charity is grateful for the unstinting efforts of its volunteers who are involved in service provision. It is estimated that over 1,196 volunteer hours were provided during the year. If this is conservatively valued at £10.90 an hour, the volunteer effort amounts to £13,036.

Achievements and performance

The charity achieved its objectives for the year through regular activities.

Review of activities – achievements and performance

Services provided include:

Core activities included governance, finance, building, membership, policy and human resources. Earned income from the Supported Banking Service is reinvested into the charity in line with it’s plans.

Financial review

The SOFA for the period is set out on page 8 of the financial statements. A summary of the financial results and the work of the charity is set out below.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

The charity's income totalled £621,757 (2023 £560,042) and expenditure totalled £564,396 (2023 £530,612). The surplus of £57,361 increased the total funds at 31 March 2024 to £822,845. REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Going concern

The Trustees have considered the impact of the current economic and cost of living crisis on the activity of the charity. To date income has not reduced significantly however there is uncertainty regarding funding for future periods. Projects are continuing where possible, thanks to a small number of key funders, and as a result, the Trustees consider that the charity has sufficient reserves to meet liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of the signing of the accounts.

Funding

The charity is reliant on external funding to continue in operation. The National Lottery Community Fund is funding the ‘Safety First’ project and contributed to core costs for three years until December 2024. In August 2020 a Consortium comprising of Disability Positive (formerly Cheshire Centre for Independent Living) and Disability Equality submitted a successful tender application to provide direct payment advice and support and a payroll service to direct payment users in Lancashire – the service is called the Lancashire Independent Living Service. The contract was awarded until May 2023 with an option to extend for a further 3 years to 2026.

The charity also has funding from Preston City Council and various earned income streams in the form of supported banking service fees, training, room hire. Additionally, the charity is grateful for the support of the general public for their generous donations, and this will continue to be an important source of income. The charity will continue to submit additional funding applications and is confident it will be successful with a sufficient amount of these bids to continue in operation and has plans in place to control costs in line with any reduction in the expected level of income if necessary.

Reserves policy

Total reserves at 31 March 2025 are £860,571, of which £87,881 are restricted funds and £772,690 are unrestricted funds. The trustees' reserves policy is to be equivalent to up to 12 months of average expenditure and to include enough reserves for project exit costs and redundancy payments. Unrestricted free reserves at 31 March 2024 were £772,690, which is in excess of 12 months of unrestricted expenditure. This is monitored on an ongoing basis by the Trustees to keep free reserves in line with the reserves policy.

Plans for future periods

Responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies’ exemption.

November 22, 2025

This report was approved by the Board on ………………………………… and signed on its behalf:

................................................................................. eatly Dolosow.

K Dobson

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 set out on pages 8 to 19.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

………………………….

Nicola Mason For and on behalf of MHA

Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor

Richard House Winckley Square Preston PR1 3HP November 24, 2025 Date: ………………………..

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Note
Income from:
Donations
Charitable activities:
Grants for the provision of services
2
Room hire
Supported banking income
Lancashire Independent Living Service
(LILS) income
Other trading activities:
Fundraising
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
3
Charitable activities
3
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Fund balances brought forward
Fund balances carried forward		 Restricted
funds
£
4,982
188,824
-
-
-
4,862
13,909
212,577
2,803
266,956
269,759
(57,182)
108,330
51,148
36,733
87,881		 Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
131,500
322,139
-
8,703
462,342
3,058
364,376
367,434
94,908
(108,330)
(13,422)
786,112
772,690		 31 March
2025
£
4,982
188,824
-
131,500
322,139
4,862
22,612
674,919
5,861
631,332
637,193
37,726
-
37,726
822,845
860,571		 31 March
2024
£
3,233
105,141
1,440
114,000
360,309
19,412
18,222
621,757
6,651
557,745
564,396
57,361
-
57,361
765,484
822,845

All the above results are derived from activities which are continuing.

All gains and losses in the period are included above.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

Restricted Unrestricted Total Total
funds funds 31 March 31 March
2025 2024
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 7 1,810 - 1,810 6,106
Current assets
Debtors 8 - 27,494 27,494 5,871
Cash at bank and in hand 86,071 763,310 849,381 826,955
86,071 790,804 876,875 832,826
Current liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year 9 - (18,114) (18,114) (16,087)
Net current assets 87,881 772,690 860,571 816,739
Net assets 87,881 772,690 860,571 822,845
Represented by:
Funds 10 87,881 772,690 860,571 822,845

For the financial year ended 31 March 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies’ regime.

November 22, 2025

These accounts were approved by the trustees on _______ and signed on their behalf by:

............................................................................. kathy Dobsow K Dobson

Company Number: 05506903

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Cash flow from operating activities
(a)
Cash flows from investing activities
Investment income
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Net cash flow from investing activities
Increase in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
(a) Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from
operating activities
Net movement in funds
Investment income received
Depreciation
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
(Decrease)/increase in creditors
Net cash provided by / (used in) by operating activities		 2025
Total
£
(186)
22,612
-
22,612
22,426
826,955
849,381
37,726
(22,612)
4,296
(21,623)
2,027
(186)		 2024
Total
£
(19,122)
18,222
(2,802)
15,420
(3,702)
830,657
826,955
57,361
(18,222)
4,079
3,766
(66,106)
(19,122)

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD (A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Disability Equality (NW) Ltd meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

Going concern

The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the company to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of authorisation for issue of the financial statements. The Trustees have concluded that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

Company status

The charity is a company limited by guarantee. The trustees are drawn from the members of the company and volunteer members. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per trustee of the charity.

Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies (continued)

Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Gifts in kind donated for distribution are included at valuation and recognised as income when they are distributed to the projects. Donated facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified and a third party is bearing the cost. No amounts are included in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Detailed analyses of the expenditure, including irrecoverable VAT where applicable, are provided in the notes to the accounts.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition.

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the original cost on a straight line basis over their expected useful lives as follows:

Property improvements - over the period of the lease Furniture, fittings and equipment - over 4 years

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Creditors

Creditors are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

Operating leases

Rentals applicable to operating leases are charged to the SOFA on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD (A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies (continued)

Taxation

The company is a registered charity and is not liable to taxation on its charitable activities.

Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company. The annual contributions payable are charged to the SOFA.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

The trustees do not believe that there are any estimates and assumptions which have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2 Grants receivable and purpose of grants

rants receivable and purpose of grants
Restricted funds
Core
Building Resilience (Preston Council funded)
Community Hub (A Lottery Funded Project)
Victim Support
Safety First Project (A Lottery Funded Project)		 2025
£
4,150
104,785
79,889
188,824		 2024
£
29,376
-
75,765
105,141

The total of grants received of £105,141 in the previous year all related to restricted funds. This is included in the total income of £621,757 in the previous year which comprised £138,395 restricted income and £483,362 unrestricted income.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3 Expenditure

Expenditure on raising funds
Fundraising and promotion
Expenditure on charitable activities
Disability support
Salaries, NI and pension contributions
Travelling and other expenses
Repairs and maintenance
Telephone
Heat and light
Printing, stationery and postage
Training, recruitment and personnel
Sundry expenses
Bank charges
Insurance
Rent, rates and water
Office move
Depreciation
Governance costs (see note 4)		 Restricted
funds
£
2,803
184,205
2,309
1,365
10,213
(371)
1,123
192
16,965
135
1,102
5,830
36,954
4,296
2,638
266,956		 Unrestricted
funds
£
3,058
278,184
7,946
4,206
17,455
2,013
6,575
4,828
21,097
56
1,714
6,772
9,839
-
3,691
364,376		 2025
Total
£
5,861
462,389
10,255
5,571
27,668
1,642
7,698
5,020
38,062
191
2,816
12,602
46,793
4,296
6,329
631,332		 2024
Total
£
6,651
423,908
14,020
13,451
27,800
7,861
8,674
4,560
25,659
382
1,822
19,521
-
4,079
6,008
557,745

The above expenditure relates to the one charitable activity: Disability Support. Total expenditure of £637,193 (2024: £564,396) includes £269,759 (2024: £206,905) restricted expenditure and £367,434 (2024: £343,660) unrestricted expenditure

4 Governance costs

Audit and accountancy Restricted
funds
£
2,638
2,638		 Unrestricted
funds
£
3,691
3,691		 2025
Total
£
6,329
6,329		 2024
Total
£
6,008
6,008

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

5 Net income/(expenditure) for the year

et income/(expenditure) for the year
2025 2024
£ £
This is stated after charging:
Independent examination services (exclusive of VAT): 3,250 3,100
Accountancy services 3,200 2,908
Depreciation of owned fixed assets 4,296 4,079
Operating lease rentals - 18,310

6 Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel

ersonnel
Salaries
National Insurance contributions
Pension contributions
Average number of employees		 2025
£
420,345
32,026
10,017
462,389
Number
24		 2024
£
391,658
22,674
9,576
423,908
Number
23

No employees were paid at the rate of over £60,000 per annum in the current or previous year.

During the year £nil (2023: £nil) was reimbursed to trustees for expenses incurred. None of the trustees or connected persons received any remuneration either directly or indirectly in the current or previous year.

The core management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the Chief Executive. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity, including National Insurance and pension contributions, were £60,546 (2024: £55,197).

There were no other transactions with related parties in the current or previous year.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

7 Tangible fixed assets

Property
Improvements
Fixtures &
Fittings
£
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024
4,835
36,974
Additions
-
At 31 March 2025
4,835
36,974
Depreciation
At 1 April 2024
4,835
30,868
This year
-
4,296
At 31 March 2025
4,835
35,164
Written down value
31 March 2025
-
1,810
31 March 2024
-
6,106
Of the above totals, £Nil relates to unrestricted funds and £1,810 to restricted funds.
Debtors: due within one year
2025
£
Trade debtors
22,494
Prepayments
5,000
27,494		 Total
£
41,809
41,809
35,703
4,296
39,999
1,810
6,106
2024
£
127
5,744
5,871

Of the above totals, £Nil relates to unrestricted funds and £1,810 to restricted funds.

8 Debtors: due within one year

All debtors related to unrestricted funds in both 2025 and 2024.

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DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

9 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Accruals
Other creditor		 2025
£
1,954
3,546
12,614
18,114		 2024
£
36
3,438
12,613
16,087

All creditors related to unrestricted funds in both 2024 and 2023.

10 Funds – current year

Funds – current year
Restricted funds
Core
Safety First
Building Resilience
Community Hub
Total restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Total funds
Funds – prior year
Restricted funds
Core
Safety First
Building Resilience
Total restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Total funds		 As at 1 April
2024
£
-
10,384
26,348
-
36,733
786,112
822,845
As at 1 April
2023
£
-
2,294
21,621
23,915
741,569
765,484		 Income
£
12,764
84,272
9,501
106,040
212,577
462,342
674,919
Income
£
24,159
79,440
34,796
138,395
483,362
621,757		 Expenditure
£
(146,238)
(65,573)
(39,788)
(18,159)
(269,759)
(367,434)
(637,193)
Expenditure
£
(105,487)
(71,350)
(30,068)
(206,905)
(357,491)
(564,396)		 Transfer
133,474
(29,083)
3,939
-
108,330
(108,330)
-
Transfer
81,328
-
-
81,328
(81,328)
-		 As at 31
March 2025
£
-
-
-
87,881
87,881
772,690
860,571
As at 31
March 2024
£
-
10,384
26,348
36,733
786,112
822,845

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Docusign Envelope ID: 26117E41-B0CC-4527-8DD8-4EDF2309EBAF

DISABILITY EQUALITY (NW) LTD

(A Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Core

Administration, governance, income generation, staff management and project delivery.

Training

To run training courses and independent living workshops for disabled people.

Information and advice

Information and advice and benefit form filling

12 Income excluded from the accounts

During the year the charity received funding on behalf of its clients which is then paid out in full. The attributable amounts are not included within income and expenditure of the charity, nor are the related balances, since the charity only acts as an agent in relation to these amounts. This is in relation to the supported banking service.

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