Dreamflight

Analysis

Dreamflight is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05963834). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Dreamflight reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.7m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £423k to £1.5m (+261%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 265%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dreamflight sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caretrade Charitable Trust (£1.5m), Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited (£1.5m) and Lincolnshire Employment Accommodation Project Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 98% and investments 1.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £12k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £2.8m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 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.