Research Institute for Disabled Consumers

Analysis

Research Institute for Disabled Consumers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02669868). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Research Institute for Disabled Consumers reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.6m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2020 to April 2025, income grew from £415k to £1.5m (+257%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Research Institute for Disabled Consumers sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Muriel and Gershon Coren Charitable Foundation (£1.5m), Organisation of Culture and Character (£1.5m) and Ryedale Special Families (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 56%, donations and legacies 43% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.2%. Reserves of £445k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.