DABD

What DABD does

DABD is a UK-registered charity (Charity Number 1023730, Company Number 02800290) founded in 1952 and operating under the trading name 'DABD | Enabling Independence' from Dagenham in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It provides a portfolio of free, community-based social-care and welfare services to vulnerable adults, children, and families. Core service lines include personal help (care support for adults and children, including support for families with children who have additional needs), a dedicated benefits and financial-independence advisory team, a door-to-door transport service for trips to shops, clinics, schools, and workplaces, and a Community Fridge food-distribution programme. The organization also runs apprenticeship programmes as both a workforce-development pipeline and a community engagement tool.

DABD delivers these services through four physical sites in Dagenham and Romford — Pembroke Gardens, Barking & Dagenham College (Rush Green Campus), Valence Wood, and South Street — following the closure of its Parsloes branch. Sites operate a mix of walk-in and appointment-only access, with the Community Fridge at Pembroke Gardens open Monday to Wednesday. Distribution is direct-to-beneficiary with no digital product surface beyond a Wix-hosted website and social channels on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

The business model is that of a non-profit charity: services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, and funding is sourced from charitable income, grants, and donations rather than from fees. With 51-100 employees, no parent company, no institutional investors, and no funding rounds disclosed, DABD operates as an independent community organization whose financial base is dependent on grant cycles and public support. No proprietary technology, AI/ML capability, or app-based product has been disclosed in the available data.

Name

DABD

Legal name

DABD

Website

https://dabd.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

DABD is a Dagenham-based UK charity (founded 1952) that provides free personal care, welfare- benefits advice, door-to-door transport, and community food support to vulnerable adults, children, and families across Barking and Dagenham.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Social Care Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) Coordination & Case Management (HSABAIAM)

Keywords

• Community care services
• Social welfare charity
• Benefits advice
• Door-to-door transport
• Community food support

Headquarters

HQ city

Dagenham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Charitable Services / Public Funding: As a registered charity (Number: 1023730), DABD operates on charitable funding and public support to provide care, financial advice, and transport services to vulnerable community members free of charge.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

DABD is a registered charity that provides free personal care support for adults and children (including families with additional needs), benefits and financial independence advice, door-to-door transport for medical, school, work and social trips, and community food distribution through a Community Fridge. Services are delivered at multiple physical locations in the Dagenham and Romford area and are funded through charitable donations and public support.

Product overview

DABD offers a portfolio of social care and community support services under the 'Enabling Independence' brand. The organization provides personal care support for adults, children, and families with additional needs; financial and benefits advice services; door-to-door transport services; and community food distribution through a community fridge program. These services are delivered across multiple physical locations in the Dagenham and Barking area, including Pembroke Gardens, Barking & Dagenham College, Valence Wood, and South Street.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Help Services Care support service for adults and children, including support for families with children who have additional needs, designed to help people live independently in the community.
• Help With Money (Benefits and Financial Independence Advice) Advice service for people struggling with finances, providing benefits guidance and support to achieve financial independence.
• Help to Get Around (Door-to-Door Transport) Door-to-door transport service for trips to shops, clinics, doctor appointments, school, work, and social visits, supporting mobility-limited and transport-dependent residents.
• Community Fridge Community food-distribution service providing food support to local residents at the Pembroke Gardens location.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Age UK: National charity supporting older people with advice, care, and community services across the UK. Comparable because both organisations deliver care coordination and independence-enabling services to vulnerable populations, though Age UK operates at national scale rather than a single borough.
• Disability Rights UK: National organisation led by disabled people providing advice, campaigning, and resources on benefits and independent living. Comparable benefits-advice and independence-enabling mission, but operates as a policy/advocacy organisation rather than a frontline service provider.
• Carers Trust: UK charity network supporting unpaid carers and families of people with disabilities or long-term conditions. Comparable because DABD's 'support for families' offering overlaps with Carers Trust's family/carer support and respite services, though Carers Trust operates a federated national model.
• Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB): UK charity for people with sight loss delivering welfare benefits advice, independent living support, and community engagement. Directly comparable service mix and DABD has an active partnership with RNIB, making them both a peer and a collaborator.
• Mind: National mental health charity providing advice, advocacy, and community-based support services across England and Wales. Comparable in its advice-plus-community-support delivery model, but specialised in mental health and operating at national federation scale.
• Mencap: National learning disability charity providing personal support, benefits advice, and community-based services. Comparable because it delivers the same combination of personal care, benefits guidance, and independence support that DABD offers, but for a learning-disability-specific population at national scale.

Direct peers

• Community Links: East London charity delivering integrated health, wellbeing, and social support services to vulnerable residents. Comparable because both organisations operate in East London boroughs with multi-hub service delivery and wraparound support for disadvantaged communities.
• Toynbee Hall: Historic East London charity addressing poverty and inequality through advice services, employment support, and community programmes. Comparable due to shared East London operating geography, similar charity-based GTM, and an overlapping advice/employment/community-services mix.
• Hestia: London-based charity providing integrated support across domestic abuse, mental health, and social services. Comparable because both are London-anchored multi-service charities offering case management, benefits advice, and independence support to vulnerable adults within a defined regional footprint.
• Centrepoint: UK charity supporting young people facing homelessness with housing, personal development, and training services. Comparable because both organisations serve vulnerable young adults with personal support and skills/apprenticeship-style development programmes, though Centrepoint specialises in housing-related pathways.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dabduk
• LinkedInuk.linkedin.com/company/dabduk
• Instagraminstagram.com/teamdabd
• Xx.com/dabduk

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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