Driving Mobility

Analysis

Driving Mobility is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in December 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02192584). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Driving Mobility reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.7m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £990k to £2.0m (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Driving Mobility sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 The Beam Foundation (£2.0m), Birmingham Rathbone Society (£2.0m) and Abbeyfield Silverdale Society (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.9%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £294k. Reserves of £100k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.