Dorset Blind Association

Analysis

Dorset Blind Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in February 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07435564). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Dorset Blind Association reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.1m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £703k to £1.3m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Dorset Blind Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People in Action (Yorkshire) (£1.3m), Age UK Ealing (£1.3m) and ECHO for Extra Choices in Herefordshire Limited (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 59% and donations and legacies 40%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £397k. Charitable activities took 48% of spending and raising funds 51%. Reserves of £430k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.