Blind in Business Trust

Analysis

Blind in Business Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in June 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Blind in Business Trust reported income of £354k and spending of £370k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £220k to £354k (+61%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Blind in Business Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 Focus4hope (£354k), Merton Centre for Independent Living (£354k) and Frank F Harrison Community Association (£354k).