Bradbury Fields Services for Blind and Partially Sighted People

Analysis

Bradbury Fields Services for Blind and Partially Sighted People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00654873). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bradbury Fields Services for Blind and Partially Sighted People reported income of £575k and spending of £578k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £575k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bradbury Fields Services for Blind and Partially Sighted People sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Hi Kent (£574k), Boldon Community Centre (£575k) and Nelson's Journey (£574k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 13% and trading 4.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £41k. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 9.3%. Reserves of £451k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.