The Association of Friends of the Blind and Disabled

Analysis

The Association of Friends of the Blind and Disabled is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in October 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Association of Friends of the Blind and Disabled reported income of £19k and spending of £38k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £25k to £19k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Association of Friends of the Blind and Disabled sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 38% 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 Soof Egg (Vision for a Better Future) (£19k), The Graham West Charitable Trust 2016 (£19k) and Ada's 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.