# DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD.

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 282197
- **Other names:** DORSET SCOPE LIMITED, DORSET SCOPE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** April 30, 1981
- **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=282197


## Contact

- **Address:** DIVERSE ABILITIES HEAD OFFICE, Langside School, Langside Avenue, POOLE
- **Postcode:** BH12 5BN
- **Phone:** 01202718266
- **Email:** info@diverseabilities.org.uk
- **Website:** www.diverseabilities.org.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** Diverse Abilities' mission is to enable children and adults with disabilities to achieve their full potential by providing a lifetime of sustainable support and educational services. We offer the broadest choice of high quality services tailored to individual needs and support people primarily across Dorset and West Hampshire local authority areas, but further afield if required.

**Area of benefit:** COUNTY OF DORSET AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- Poole



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £10422143 | £10584594 | £8730518 | 411 |
| March 31, 2024 | £9567780 | £9307822 | £8892969 | 381 |
| March 31, 2023 | £8334346 | £8450337 | £8633011 | 372 |
| March 31, 2022 | £7962306 | £7785178 | £8682393 | 379 |
| March 31, 2021 | £7470830 | £6940029 | £7247237 | 402 |



## Trustees

- **John Smith** (Chair) — appointed Oct. 16, 2013
- Andrew Morris — appointed Nov. 20, 2025
- Annie Jenkison — appointed Nov. 20, 2025
- Geoff Ridgway — appointed Dec. 1, 2015
- Jonathan David Gibson — appointed April 1, 2022
- Lucy Lucas- Rowe — appointed Jan. 23, 2019
- MARTIN DAVIES — appointed Dec. 1, 2015
- Sandie Trapnell — appointed Nov. 20, 2023