The Disabled Photographers Society

Analysis

The Disabled Photographers Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Longfield. It was registered in September 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Disabled Photographers Society reported income of £19k and spending of £25k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £36k to £19k (-47%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 303%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Disabled Photographers Society sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zoar Chapel Fellowship (£19k), Belle's Story (£19k) and Hidaya Education Foundation (£19k).

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.