Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Raid)

Analysis

Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Raid) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Teddington. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03612476). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Raid) reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £736k to £1.2m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 36%. 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, Richmond Advice and Information on Disability (Raid) sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oak Foundation (£1.2m), Arthouse Unlimited (£1.2m) and Greater Change Foundation (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 3.0% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £63k. Reserves of £381k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.