Dial a Ride (Scarborough & District)

Analysis

Dial a Ride (Scarborough & District) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05233119). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dial a Ride (Scarborough & District) reported income of £362k and spending of £320k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £232k to £362k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Dial a Ride (Scarborough & District) sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chester Pride (£362k), Anchor-The Counselling Practice (£363k) and Cornwall Life Recycle CIO (£362k).