The Cardiff Institute for the Blind, Incorporated

Analysis

The Cardiff Institute for the Blind, Incorporated is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in January 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00149982). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Cardiff Institute for the Blind, Incorporated reported income of £622k and spending of £636k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £421k to £622k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Cardiff Institute for the Blind, Incorporated sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Autism Early Support Trust Limited (£622k), Sophie's Legacy (£624k) and Teignbridge Citizens Advice Bureaux (£621k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 49%, charitable activities 40% and trading 9.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Reserves of £291k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 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.