01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 27 October 1980
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Company number supplied
- 01408520
- Financial period
- 1 June 2024 – 31 May 2025
- Latest income
- £899,247
- Latest expenditure
- £925,554
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- No
Public contact address: Disability Law Service, 17 Oval Way, London, SE11 5RR
Website recorded by the regulator: www.dls.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Disability Law Service provides a high quality legal service for disabled people, their families, enablers and carers. Charity also provides specialist information and advice and training to other disability organisations and service providers.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 March 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 30 March 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 30 March 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £899,247
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £925,554
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 March 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 19 March 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 19 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £850,126
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £844,684
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 March 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 March 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £849,602
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £716,166
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 March 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 December 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £655,759
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £668,893
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2021
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 March 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 26 January 2022
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £623,871
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £593,696
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 March 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £899,247
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £925,554
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 1
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 202270
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 March 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £850,126
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £844,684
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 5
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 193822
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 18 March 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £849,602
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £716,166
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- Count Govt Contracts
- 2
- Count Govt Grants
- £0
- Income From Government Contracts
- 278273
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee
- No
- Trustee Receives Payments Services
- No
- Trustee Receives Other Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 22 December 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £655,759
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £668,893
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- Yes
- Count Govt Contracts
- 2
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Income From Government Contracts
- 135142
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 10
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 26 January 2022
- Total Gross Income
- £623,871
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £593,696
- Charity Raises Funds From Public
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
- No
- Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
- No
- Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
- No
- Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
- No
- Trustee Resigned Employment
- No
- Employees Salary Over 60k
- No
- Count Volunteers
- 10
05 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Partb
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 30 March 2026
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 92352
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 806895
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 899247
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £28,039
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £897,515
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 925554
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 0
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 21587
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 34473
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £372,650
- Assets Total Fixed
- 1432
- Assets Own Use
- 1432
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £503,018
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £131,800
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £372,650
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 131800
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £17,932
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 310285
- Funds Restricted
- 62365
- Funds Total
- 372650
- Count Employees
- 15
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 19 March 2025
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 123886
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 726240
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 850126
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £21,587
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £823,097
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 844684
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 5909
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 21587
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 2967
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £296,239
- Assets Total Fixed
- 3854
- Assets Own Use
- 3854
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £479,861
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £84,757
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £398,958
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 84757
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £134,691
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 296239
- Funds Restricted
- 102719
- Funds Total
- 398958
- Count Employees
- 15
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 18 March 2024
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 265303
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 584299
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 0
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 849602
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £21,442
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £694,724
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 716166
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 5909
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 27204
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 4300
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £393,516
- Assets Total Fixed
- 5345
- Assets Own Use
- 5345
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £454,924
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £66,753
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £393,516
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 66753
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £102,853
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 383497
- Funds Restricted
- 10019
- Funds Total
- 393516
- Count Employees
- 15
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 22 December 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 186412
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 469068
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 279
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 655759
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £20,155
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £648,738
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 668893
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 8767
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 28658
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 3693
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £178,135
- Assets Total Fixed
- 4295
- Assets Own Use
- 4295
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £305,778
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £49,993
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £260,080
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 49993
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £138,753
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 257131
- Funds Restricted
- 2949
- Funds Total
- 260080
- Count Employees
- 15
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR21
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 June 2020
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 May 2021
- Ar Due Date
- 31 March 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 26 January 2022
- Income Donations And Legacies
- 211092
- Income Other Trading Activities
- 0
- Income Charitable Activities
- 405643
- Income Investments
- 0
- Income Other
- 7136
- Income Total Income And Endowments
- 623871
- Income Legacies
- 0
- Income Endowments
- 0
- Expenditure Raising Funds
- £17,087
- Expenditure Charitable Expenditure
- £576,609
- Expenditure Other
- 0
- Expenditure Total
- 593696
- Expenditure Investment Management
- 0
- Expenditure Grants Institution
- 0
- Expenditure Governance
- 5370
- Expenditure Support Costs
- 0
- Expenditure Depreciation
- 6352
- Gain Loss Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Pension Fund
- 0
- Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment
- 0
- Gain Loss Other
- 0
- Reserves
- £138,347
- Assets Total Fixed
- 6795
- Assets Own Use
- 6795
- Assets Long Term Investment
- 0
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme
- 0
- Assets Other Assets
- £331,276
- Assets Total Liabilities
- £64,858
- Assets Current Investment
- 0
- Assets Total Assets And Liabilities
- £273,213
- Creditors One Year Total Current
- 64858
- Creditors Falling Due After One Year
- 0
- Assets Cash
- £220,558
- Funds Endowment
- 0
- Funds Unrestricted
- 229857
- Funds Restricted
- 43356
- Funds Total
- 273213
- Count Employees
- 13
- Charity Only Accounts
- Yes
06 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England And Wales
- Welsh Ind
- No
07 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 307
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Classification Code
- 104
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Disability
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
08 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DISABILITY LAW SERVICE
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- Standard registration
- Date Of Event
- 1980-10-27T00:00:00
09 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- INCORPORATED 11/01/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/01/1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/10/1980AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/03/2002NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 26/01/2011 as amended on 21 Apr 2020
- Charitable Objects
- For the public benefit and for general charitable purposes according to the laws of England and Wales and in particular, but not exclusively, for the promotion of equality, diversity, independence, and health of disabled people including, but not exclusively, by way of: the provision of free legal and other advice to disabled people; the provision of free legal representation for disabled people; the provision of free legal and other advice to those in poverty where to do so is part of a wider project that benefits disabled people; advocating for changes in law or policy or the way in which they are implemented where to do so will advance the interests of disabled people; the education of others about disabled people.
- Area Of Benefit
- UNDEFINED
10 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 165006
- Charity Name Type
- Previous name
- Charity Name
- NETWORK FOR THE HANDICAPPED LIMITED
- Charity Name Id
- 165008
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- THE DISABILITY LAW SERVICE
11 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests