The UK Association for the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Sierra Leone

Analysis

The UK Association for the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Sierra Leone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The UK Association for the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Sierra Leone reported income of £12k and spending of £5,335, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,197 to £12k (+892%), an average of +78% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 719%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The UK Association for the Milton Margai School for the Blind in Sierra Leone sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Farnborough Neighbourcare (£12k), Chipping Norton Riding for the Disabled Association (£12k) and Swaffham Bulbeck Relief in Need Charity (£12k).