York Blind & Partially Sighted Society

Analysis

York Blind & Partially Sighted Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, York Blind & Partially Sighted Society reported income of £497k and spending of £400k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £288k to £497k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, York Blind & Partially Sighted Society 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 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (£496k), Hope and Vision Communities (£497k) and Icfem Dreamland Mission (£495k).