Better Days

Analysis

Better Days is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in May 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Better Days reported income of £14k and spending of £24k, spending 174% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £66k to £14k (-79%), an average of -32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Better Days sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Odyssians (£14k), Al-Qiyas Welfare (£14k) and Ms Community Action & Support (£14k).

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.