Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind

Analysis

Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in January 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind reported income of £722k and spending of £766k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £532k to £722k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Space4autism (£721k), Acorn Venture Association (£722k) and Sports Traider Charity (£720k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75%, trading 21% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 6.2%. Reserves of £62k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.

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.