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Aldag (Always Learning Developing and Growing)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1182187AshteadDisability
Income£144k2025-12-31
Spending£144ksame year
Spent / received111%5-year average
Size in its cause71st pctDisability
Registered2019CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Aldag (Always Learning Developing and Growing) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashtead. It was registered in February 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Aldag (Always Learning Developing and Growing) reported income of £144k and spending of £144k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £74k to £144k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Aldag (Always Learning Developing and Growing) sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 4Youth (South West) (£144k), The Cole Charitable Trust (£144k) and Little Green Bus Ltd (£144k).

Income and spending

£0£51k£102k£152k£203k2021 Income: £74,3462021 Spending: £69,25920212022 Income: £133,7042022 Spending: £203,30120222023 Income: £163,8602023 Spending: £159,80820232024 Income: £138,8752024 Spending: £151,57320242025 Income: £143,8972025 Spending: £143,8552025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

For the public benefit and relief in need of persons with a learning disability by the provision of facilities for: recreation or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare; education; supported employment and short holiday breaks and other charitable means for such persons in Surrey, and to advance the social inclusion of those with learning disabilities.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
4Youth (South West)Melksham£144k
The Cole Charitable TrustCambridge£144k
Little Green Bus LtdClitheroe£144k
Al Khair Welfare TrustLondon£144k