Special People in Need

Analysis

Special People in Need is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tamworth. It was registered in November 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Special People in Need reported income of £17k and spending of £18k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £5,555 to £17k (+199%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 262%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Special People in Need sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bolton Community Kitchen (£17k), Gauntlet Conservation Trust (£17k) and Eighton Banks Village Hall Trust (£17k).