The Disability Resource Centre

Analysis

The Disability Resource Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Flitwick. It was registered in October 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02898000). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Disability Resource Centre reported income of £576k and spending of £567k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £576k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Disability Resource Centre sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Portrack Charitable Trust (£576k), Open Pathway Retreat Centre (£577k) and Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Fund and Other Related Charities (£576k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £297k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.