Camden Disability Action

Analysis

Camden Disability Action is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 2025, Camden Disability Action reported income of £592k and spending of £599k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £736k to £592k (-19%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 173%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Camden Disability Action sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Critical Support (£592k), Paddington Arts (£593k) and Selfa (£591k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 65%, trading 33% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £249k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.