Halifax Society for the Blind CIO

Analysis

Halifax Society for the Blind CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Halifax Society for the Blind CIO reported income of £119k and spending of £216k, spending 181% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2025, income fell from £163k to £119k (-27%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Halifax Society for the Blind CIO sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kent Parents and Carers Together (£119k), Youth on the Move (London) (£119k) and Trust Leeds (£119k).

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.