Wiltshire Blind Association

Analysis

Wiltshire Blind Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wiltshire Blind Association reported income of £222k and spending of £254k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £204k to £222k (+9.0%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wiltshire Blind Association sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northcott Devon Foundation (£222k), Yemeni Community Association in Greater Manchester (£222k) and Colchester Gateway Clubs (£222k).

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.