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Company description
RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DISABLED CONSUMERS is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)”. Incorporated on 10 December 1991; registered for 34 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 63990 · Other information service activities n.e.c..
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 1 charity record, 4 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DISABLED CONSUMERS
- Company number
- 02669868
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL
- Mortgage charges
- 2 total · 0 outstanding · 2 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
7 October 2025Next statement due
21 October 2026BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DISABLED CONSUMERS
LEI 213800BGLN4S9DZI1E30 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- 4GJI
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 10 December 1991
- Initial LEI registration
- 1 February 2018
- LEI last updated
- 12 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 1 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS
- Legal address
- RIDC IMPACT HUB 34B YORK WAY, KINGS CROSS, LONDON, GB-LND, N1 9AB, GB
- Headquarters address
- RIDC IMPACT HUB 34B YORK WAY, KINGS CROSS, LONDON, GB-LND, N1 9AB, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
04 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
User testing to assess accessibility of the Rail Ombudsman
OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD · ocds-b5fd17-794f2ea6-d9fe-48ac-a455-938e14d20d87
- Supplier named in award
- Research Institute for Disabled Consumers
- Award value
- £29,600
- Contract period
- 19 December 2023 – 26 April 2024
- Published
- 21 December 2023
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Main CPV
- 73110000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-794f2ea6-d9fe-48ac-a455-938e14d20d87-2023-12-21T10:59:34Z
Train company website accessibility review
OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD · ocds-b5fd17-66d76bf5-2e4f-495a-bfc5-c1b7add6ac2d
- Supplier named in award
- Research Institute for Disabled Consumers
- Award value
- £25,000
- Contract period
- 17 January 2022 – 31 March 2022
- Published
- 12 January 2022
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 71311200
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-66d76bf5-2e4f-495a-bfc5-c1b7add6ac2d-2022-01-12T16:15:43Z
Mystery Shopping - ORR Accessible Travel Policy
OFFICE OF RAIL AND ROAD · ocds-b5fd17-c4a21dcb-06fa-4d2a-aded-b853efacd2c4
- Supplier named in award
- Research Institute for Disabled Consumers
- Award value
- £45,240
- Contract period
- 19 February 2020 – 30 April 2020
- Published
- 21 February 2020
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 60000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-c4a21dcb-06fa-4d2a-aded-b853efacd2c4-2020-02-21T10:28:29Z
C20190246 - Ofcom Market Research Framework
OFCOM · ocds-b5fd17-52d305f6-d080-4d62-8b65-c630fafb1de6
- Supplier named in award
- Research Institute for Disabled Consumers
- Award value
- £20,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 April 2020 – 31 March 2024
- Published
- 5 August 2020
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79310000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-52d305f6-d080-4d62-8b65-c630fafb1de6-2020-08-05T11:44:35+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
05 Ownership and control
People with significant control
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 29 March 2026
Dr Philip Albert FriendSee 4 companies with this PSC name →
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- England
- Notified
- 20 April 2016
- Ceased
- 20 June 2024
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06 Charity register
Charity Commission links
Research Institute for Disabled Consumers
- Charity type
- Charitable company
- Registered
- 6 February 1992
- Latest income
- £1,483,452
- Latest expenditure
- £1,561,290
- Disability
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- People With Disabilities
- Elderly/old People
The Research Institute for Disabled Consumers is the UK consumer champion for disabled & older people. We are leading experts in user-centred research involving direct input from disabled & older consumers. We're here to advise, inform, educate and advocate. We help businesses improve products and services, provide information/user reviews, and represent the voice of disabled and older consumers.
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07 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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08 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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09 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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10 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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11 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
12 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
1 exact company-number link.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
13 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
14 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.