Camsight

Analysis

Camsight is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in February 1962, 64 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 human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Camsight reported income of £689k and spending of £839k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £536k to £689k (+28%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Camsight 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 Spiral Sussex (£689k), The Dyers' Almshouse Charity CIO (£689k) and Weardale Community Transport Limited (£687k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 70%, donations and legacies 21% and investments 2.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £107k. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £208k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 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.