Disability Information Bureau

Analysis

Disability Information Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Macclesfield. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06452443). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Disability Information Bureau reported income of £191k and spending of £229k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £301k to £191k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Disability Information Bureau sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bentilee Volunteers CIO (£191k), The Purim Trust (£191k) and T. A. G. Trust Ltd (£191k).

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.