The Rochdale and District Blind Welfare Society

Analysis

The Rochdale and District Blind Welfare Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rochdale. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Rochdale and District Blind Welfare Society reported income of £30k and spending of £85k, spending 279% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £41k to £30k (-26%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 187% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Rochdale and District Blind Welfare Society sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Community of St David (£30k), Liverpool Somali Community (£30k) and Meaction UK (£30k).

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.