Welfare Benefits Unit

Analysis

Welfare Benefits Unit is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in November 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welfare Benefits Unit reported income of £343k and spending of £310k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £177k to £343k (+94%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Welfare Benefits Unit sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haringey Shed Limited (£343k), Eastbourne Area Parents'action Group (£343k) and Wings for Warriors (£343k).