Worcestershire Association for the Blind

Analysis

Worcestershire Association for the Blind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07258623). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Worcestershire Association for the Blind reported income of £461k and spending of £388k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £603k to £461k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Worcestershire Association for the Blind sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Forum @ Greenwich (£461k), 1692 (£462k) and Sir Thomas White's Northampton Charity (£461k).