Demand Design and Manufacture for Disability
Analysis
Demand Design and Manufacture for Disability is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02671913). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Demand Design and Manufacture for Disability reported income of £361k and spending of £539k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £456k to £361k (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Demand Design and Manufacture for Disability sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Social Action for Health (£361k), Moonlight Trust (£361k) and The Frederick Arthur Alford Charitable Trust (£361k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
We design and make equipment for people with disabilities where existing solutions are either inaccessible or inadequate. We also provide an equipment sign-posting service. We improve & repair equipment already in use, and we encourage interest in design for disability through close ties with universities & via annual student placements enabling students to develop people centred design skills
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Social Action for Health | London | £361k |
| Moonlight Trust | west yoorkshire | £361k |
| The Frederick Arthur Alford Charitable Trust | Heathfield | £361k |
| The Old Needle Works Foundation | Redditch | £361k |