Disabled Travel Service

Analysis

Disabled Travel Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04185249). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Disabled Travel Service reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £41k to £16k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Disabled Travel Service sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Champions Church (£16k), Friends of Clifton Hill School (£16k) and David and Elizabeth Kerfoot Charitable Trust (£16k).