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The Royal Society for Blind Children

RegisteredRegistered charity number 307892LondonDisability
Income£4.5m2025-12-31
Spending£5.7msame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctDisability
Registered1963Charitable company
Employees93latest return

Analysis

The Royal Society for Blind Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00139928). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Society for Blind Children reported income of £4.5m and spending of £5.7m, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.0m to £4.5m (-10%), an average of -2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Royal Society for Blind Children sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Goodwin Development Trust (£4.4m), Chelsea FC Foundation (£4.5m) and Society of the Holy Child Jesus CIO (£4.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 58%, charitable activities 38% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £456k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 16%. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 93 people.

Income and spending

£0£1.4m£2.8m£4.3m£5.7m2021 Income: £5,006,0002021 Spending: £3,870,00020212022 Income: £4,513,0002022 Spending: £3,413,00020222023 Income: £4,034,0002023 Spending: £3,972,00020232024 Income: £5,002,0002024 Spending: £4,845,00020242025 Income: £4,483,0002025 Spending: £5,678,0002025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 47%
  • Legacies 10%
  • Charitable activities 38%
  • Investments 3.2%
  • Other 1.1%

In the charity's own words

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, ADVICE, GUIDANCE AND TRAINING TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED AND TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES AS CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR PARTIALLY SIGHTED MAY REQUIRE TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES OR OTHERWISE MEET THEIR NEEDS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Goodwin Development TrustHull£4.4m
Chelsea FC FoundationLondon£4.5m
Society of the Holy Child Jesus CIONorth Yorkshire£4.4m
The Chicken Shed Theatre TrustLondon£4.5m