Torbay Ladies Lounge CIO

Analysis

Torbay Ladies Lounge CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, 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, Torbay Ladies Lounge CIO reported income of £29k and spending of £41k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £29k (+86%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 227%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Torbay Ladies Lounge CIO sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hay,brecon and Talgarth Sanctuary for Refugees (£29k), Weymouth Drama Club (£29k) and Calder Food Support (£29k).

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.