The Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau

Analysis

The Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03174876). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2023, The Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau reported income of £97k and spending of £98k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income fell from £141k to £97k (-32%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Ipswich Disabled Advice Bureau sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waveney Enterprises Workshop (£97k), Mimi's Mission (£97k) and Alford Hub (£97k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.