Building Self Belief CIO

Analysis

Building Self Belief CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Co Durham. It was registered in April 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Building Self Belief CIO reported income of £482k and spending of £439k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £73k to £482k (+557%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Building Self Belief CIO sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derbyshire Autism Services (£482k), Shine (East Norfolk) (£482k) and Skylarks Charity (£481k).