01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 6 February 2026
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Gift Aid
- Yes
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 46 GORDON STREET, SCARBOROUGH, YO12 7RX
Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.dadsbehavingmadly.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
We support dads, male carers, and grandads raising children with additional needs, disabilities, or complex medical conditions across North Yorkshire and the East Riding. We provide safe, supportive spaces to improve mental health and reduce isolation through regular meetups, community breakfast gatherings, social and recreational activities, and signposting to specialist mental health support.
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout England
- Welsh Ind
- No
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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
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 117
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 105
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
- Classification Code
- 205
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- DADS BEHAVING MADLY
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2026-02-06T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Feb 2026
- Charitable Objects
- TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF MALE CARERS AND DADS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES AND ADDITIONAL NEEDS AND FATHERS GENERALLY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH LIVING IN NORTH YORKSHIRE AND EAST RIDING, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH:A) PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES DIRECTED TO SHARING EXPERIENCES, ACCESSING PEER AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT;B) RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES DIRECTED TO SUPPORTING GOOD MENTAL HEALTH;C) SIGNPOSTING TO APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT WHEN APPROPRIATE AND COUNSELLING ORGANISATIONS WHEN APPROPRIATE.
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Charity Policy
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- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
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- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
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- Conflicting interests
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- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
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- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
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- Complaints policy and procedures
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- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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- Safeguarding policy and procedures
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- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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- Volunteer management
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- Financial reserves policy and procedures
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- Social media policy and procedures
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- Investment
- Policy Name
- Risk management