Dial West Cheshire

Analysis

Dial West Cheshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08831095). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dial West Cheshire reported income of £603k and spending of £625k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £599k to £603k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dial West Cheshire sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Erlas Victorian Walled Garden (£603k), Carriers of Hope, Coventry (£603k) and Help Change Lives (£600k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and donations and legacies 1.0%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £237k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 17 people.