The Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind

Analysis

The Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sunderland. It was registered in January 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02433540). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind reported income of £216k and spending of £265k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £173k to £216k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 201%. 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 Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Sussex Parent Carer Forum (£216k), Elsecar Community Nursery (£216k) and Darul Atfaal (£216k).