Disability North

Analysis

Disability North is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was registered in January 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01781525). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Disability North reported income of £732k and spending of £930k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £500k to £732k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Disability North sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Waqf Fund (£731k), Skinners' Charity Foundation (£735k) and St Peter's Community Partnership (£731k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 62%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 6.2%. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £273k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.