Designability Charity Limited

Analysis

Designability Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in July 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00933932). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Designability Charity Limited reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.4m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.9m to £1.9m (-1.3%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Designability Charity Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Age (£1.9m), Rape and Sexual Violence Project (£1.9m) and The Actors' Benevolent Fund (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 90%, charitable activities 8.3% and investments 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,855. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 6.0%. Reserves of £233k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.