Community Equality Disability Action

Analysis

Community Equality Disability Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04693500). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Equality Disability Action reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.7m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Community Equality Disability Action sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Connexions (£1.7m), Libertas Charity CIO (£1.7m) and Youth First Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £585k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 98 people.