Specialeffect.org.uk Limited

Analysis

Specialeffect.org.uk Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chipping Norton. It was registered in September 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06040232). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2026, Specialeffect.org.uk Limited reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.5m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income fell from £2.4m to £2.4m (-1.6%), an average of -0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Specialeffect.org.uk Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exmoor Calvert Trust (£2.4m), Acorn Community Care (£2.4m) and The Lodge Trust CIO (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 6.8%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 24%. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 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.