DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD, BH12 4LB : Companies House Number 01540805

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Overview

Company type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated: 1981-01-23
Registered office: The Beehive Centre, 13 - 15 Manor Avenue, Poole, England, BH12 4LB
Postcode: BH12 4LB
Accounts category: Group

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Next due by: 2026-12-31
Financial year end: 31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-07-22
Next due by: 2027-08-05

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Nature of business (SIC)

85200 Primary education
85310 General secondary education
87900 Other residential care activities not elsewhere classified
88990 Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified

Officers 15 current · 31 resigned

Andrew John MORRIS Director

Appointed 2025-11-20

Annie Margaret Tess JENKINSON Director

Appointed 2025-09-29

Sandie TRAPNELL Director

Appointed 2023-11-20

Jonathan David GIBSON Director

Appointed 2022-04-01

Lucy Caroline LUCAS-ROWE Director

Appointed 2019-01-23

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

EDWARDS SUPPORT SERVICES LIMITED
COPING WITH CHAOS LIMITED Dissolved

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Public contracts won 1

A Framework for the Provision of Short Break Services for Disabled Children and Young People

Borough Of Poole 2018-03-12 £0

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).

Registered charity

DIVERSE ABILITIES PLUS LTD. — charity number 282197

Registered 1981-04-30 Income £10,422,143 Spending £10,584,594 FY to 2025-03-31

Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Care Quality Commission 2 locations

Regulated by CQC — 1 rated Good, 1 not yet rated.

Diverse Abilities Plus - Supported Living

Not yet rated Community based adult social care services Poole
Shapes Domiciliary Service

Good Community based adult social care services Poole

Using CQC information, © Care Quality Commission, Open Government Licence.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Gender pay gap

4.25%

Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website: diverseabilitiesplus.co.uk
Phone: 01202718266

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
DORSET SCOPE LIMITED	2009-07-20
DORSET SPASTICS SOCIETY LIMITED	2004-10-29

Among its peers

2nd oldest

of 46 similar companies in BH, trading since 1981

The class of 1981

65%

of the 14,515 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

Property in England & Wales 20 titles

Freehold: 19
Leasehold: 1
Most recent registration: 2024-01-25
Price paid, where recorded: £1,574,000
Where: Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole (20)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
DT480285	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Leasehold	2024-01-25	—
DT5788	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2015-01-23	£230,000
DT37580	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2013-06-05	—
DT123721	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	£185,000
DT156665	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	£180,000
DT183522	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	£185,000
DT240477	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	£74,000
DT240478	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	—
DT249116	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	—
DT25857	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	£190,000
DT271	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	£90,000
DT335392	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	—
DT9164	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-08-09	£200,000
DT153101	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2012-04-17	£240,000
DT317291	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	2004-03-26	—
DT245786	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	1995-02-14	—
DT309296	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	1995-02-14	—
DT328710	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	1995-02-14	—
DT325458	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	1992-08-24	—
DT7681	Bournemouth, Christchurch And Poole	Freehold	1992-08-24	—

For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).