Sight Airedale

Analysis

Sight Airedale is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keighley. It was registered in April 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03762507). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sight Airedale reported income of £47k and spending of £79k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £60k to £47k (-21%), an average of -5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Sight Airedale sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Georgia Fourie Butterfly Fund (£47k), Rossendale Refugee Support Group (£47k) and Christian Life Fellowship - Medway (£47k).

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.