Blackburn and District Blind Society

Analysis

Blackburn and District Blind Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackburn and District Blind Society reported income of £27k and spending of £44k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £76k to £27k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 144% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blackburn and District Blind Society sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The J C Robinson Trust No 3 (£27k), Rural Community Responders (£27k) and The Association of Friends of Connaught Court (£27k).

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.