Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted

Analysis

Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04815165). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted reported income of £181k and spending of £243k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £183k to £181k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bury Society for Blind and Partially Sighted sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thrombosis Research Trust (£181k), Supporting Neonatal Users & Graduates (Snug) Limited (£181k) and Climbing Out (£181k).