The Thalidomide Society

Analysis

The Thalidomide Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Midlands. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Thalidomide Society reported income of £32k and spending of £77k, spending 239% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £22k to £32k (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 304%. Over the whole period it spent 211% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Thalidomide Society sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Malmesbury League of Friends (£32k), The Douglas Heath Eves Charitable Trust (£32k) and Torbay Prostate Support Association (£32k).

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.