Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind

Analysis

Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in February 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03636957). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £936k to £1.1m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hastings and Rother Voluntary Association for the Blind sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include When You Wish Upon a Star (£1.1m), Centre for Ageing Better Trust (£1.1m) and Dementia Matters (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 54%, charitable activities 43% and donations and legacies 2.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £4,790. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.2%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.

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.