Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind

Analysis

Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03178631). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind reported income of £535k and spending of £641k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £137k to £535k (+292%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 225%. Over the whole period it spent 174% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hampshire Association for the Care of the Blind sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Great Mission (£534k), HMDT Music (£535k) and Soundabout (£532k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 61%, investments 19%, trading 14% and charitable activities 6.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £310k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 9.7%. Reserves of £2.1m would cover about 38 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 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.