Essex Disabled Sports Foundation

Analysis

Essex Disabled Sports Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bishop's Stortford. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Essex Disabled Sports Foundation reported income of £91k and spending of £103k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £30k to £91k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Essex Disabled Sports Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Audley Foundation (£91k), Thomas White Cottage Homes (2016) Charity (£91k) and Youth with a Mission Derby (£90k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.