Disability Action Yorkshire

Analysis

Disability Action Yorkshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrogate. It was registered in February 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03013324). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Disability Action Yorkshire reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.4m (-2.3%), an average of -0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Disability Action Yorkshire 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 London Ability (£1.4m), Jackson's Lane (£1.4m) and Skills for People (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 7.4% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.8%. Reserves of £525k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 54 people.

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.