Disability Direct

Analysis

Disability Direct is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in March 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03891119). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Disability Direct reported income of £4.2m and spending of £3.9m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £4.2m (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Disability Direct sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Muslim Global Relief (£4.2m), Kids in Mind (£4.2m) and The Garwood Foundation (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 83%, charitable activities 9.5% and investments 7.3%. Charitable activities took 40% of spending and raising funds 60%. It employed 90 people.