Warwickshire Association for the Blind

Analysis

Warwickshire Association for the Blind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Warwick. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06511954). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Warwickshire Association for the Blind reported income of £565k and spending of £691k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £565k (-60%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 189%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Warwickshire Association for the Blind sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include S a D a C C a Limited (£565k), Bamboozle Theatre Company Limited (£565k) and We Are Farming Minds (£565k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, investments 22%, donations and legacies 10% and trading 6.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,500. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 7.7%. Reserves of £398k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.