The Cotswold Listener

Analysis

The Cotswold Listener is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheltenham. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Cotswold Listener reported income of £13k and spending of £8,492, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £16k to £13k (-20%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 473%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Cotswold Listener sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gifts From Fairies Ltd (£13k), Lazenby Village Hall (£13k) and Steps of Hope (£13k).