Communication Unlimited

Analysis

Communication Unlimited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in February 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, 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, Communication Unlimited reported income of £512k and spending of £519k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £586k to £512k (-13%), an average of -3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 15%. 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, Communication Unlimited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cornwall Blind and Partially Sighted Association (£511k), Cumbria Cerebral Palsy (£512k) and Under One Sky CIO (£511k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £199k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 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.