Disability First CIO

Analysis

Disability First CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, 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, Disability First CIO reported income of £82k and spending of £97k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £220k to £82k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Disability First CIO sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yarm Wellness (£82k), Faith Aglow Ministries (£82k) and Signal Family Support Limited (£82k).

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.