The Whitby Trust for the Blind

Analysis

The Whitby Trust for the Blind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in cleveland. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Whitby Trust for the Blind reported income of £14k and spending of £16k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,268 to £14k (+506%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 381%. 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 Whitby Trust for the Blind sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Norfolk Coast Riding for the Disabled (£14k), Stainforth Community Resource Centre (£14k) and Halesworth Men's Shed (£14k).