Business Opportunities for the Physically Handicapped Limited

Analysis

Business Opportunities for the Physically Handicapped Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Canvey Island. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07700104). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Business Opportunities for the Physically Handicapped Limited reported income of £98k and spending of £116k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £72k to £98k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Business Opportunities for the Physically Handicapped Limited sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hive Foundation (£98k), Birmingham Phab Camps (£98k) and Fun Club Hub (£98k).

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.