People with disabilities `BE200`¶

People with disabilities is a tag in the UK-CAT classification of charities in the UK. It is part of the Beneficiary group categoryand the People with disabilities subcategory.

13,626 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 6.73% of all charities.

Keywords to find charities¶

UK-CAT categories are applied to charities based on a set of keywords, in the form of a regular expression.

The regular expression used to find charities in this tag is:

Distribution by size of charity¶

Income band	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
Under £10k	4,457	5.91%
£10k - £100k	3,805	5.58%
£100k - £250k	1,460	7.04%
£250k - £500k	869	8.83%
£500k - £1m	606	9.84%
£1m - £10m	1,018	11.97%
Over £10m	287	14.10%
Total	12,502	6.55%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	9,550	5.60%
oscr	3,580	14.35%
ccni	496	6.88%
Total	13,626	6.73%

Ten largest charities (by income)¶

Name	Latest income
Barnardo's [Charity number: SC037605] The Objects of the Charity are for the public benefit: To promote the care, safety and upbringing of children and young people by:- supporting and assisting those in need, their families and carers. promoting their health. and advancing their education. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.	£315,252,000
ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND [Charity number: 207544] Seventy five per cent of blindness in the world is either avoidable or treatable. Sightsavers works with partners in developing countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and promote equality of opportunity for disabled people. Our work alleviates poverty among poor and marginalised communities and thus helps to realise the internationally accepted Millenium Development Goals.	£313,352,000
Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind [Charity number: SC038110] ' To take or promote measures for the prevention and cure of blindness in the countries and territories specified under article 4 of this our charter and for the education, rehabilitation, training and employment of the blind in those countries and territories and ' To foster collaboration among organisations concerned with blindness and its prevention and to promote and where appropriate, to participate in national, regional and international activities likely to prevent blindness and benefit the blind in any part of the world.	£313,352,000
The Shaw Trust Limited [Charity number: SC039856] The objects of the company are: (a) To relieve any person who is in need because of any disability or because of any other disadvantage resulting from unemployment, youth, age, financial hardship, ill-health or because they are offenders, ex-offenders or are at risk of offending. (b) The promotion of the health, equality and independence of disabled people. and (c) The prevention and relief of poverty. in particular by providing education, training, rehabilitation, support, employment opportunities and personal development opportunities. The company will be non-party in politics and non-sectarian in religion.	£302,005,000
THE SHAW TRUST LIMITED [Charity number: 287785] Shaw Trust provides services to people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged, principally to help them find employment or to develop work and independence skills.	£302,005,000
MOTABILITY [Charity number: 299745] Help disabled people with their personal mobility.Direct and oversee the Motability Scheme, comprising the Car Scheme and the Powered Wheelchair and Scooter Scheme. Provide financial help to those customers whose allowance does not cover the cost of their vehicle or adaptations.	£240,393,000
Motability [Charity number: SC050642] The object of the Company shall be to facilitate the relief and assistance of disabled persons (hereinafter referred to as 'the beneficiaries') in connection with the provision to the beneficiaries of personal or other transportation	£240,393,000
Royal National Lifeboat Institution [Charity number: SC037736] The object of the Institution ('the Object') shall be to save lives at sea and on inland and flood waters. In order to achieve the Object, the powers of the Institution shall without limitation include the following:- to promote safety and provide relief from disaster at sea and on inland and flood waters. to advance the education of the public in matters relating to safety at sea and on inland and flood waters and in the history and heritage of the Institution. to promote the efficiency of rescue services at sea and on inland and flood waters. and to relieve and assist those who have been involved in saving lives at sea and on inland and flood waters in any capacity, and who are in need of such relief or assistance by reason of poverty, disability, infirmity or otherwise, and their dependants.	£231,800,000
Wheatley Homes Glasgow Limited [Charity number: SC034054] 2 The objects of the Association are: 2.1 to provide for the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the provision, construction, improvement and management of land and accommodation and the provision of care. and 2.2 any other purpose or object permitted under Section 24 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 which is charitable both for the purposes of Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and also in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts.	£228,272,000
Royal Mencap Society [Charity number: SC041079] ‘The charity's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to advancing the health, education and the well-being of people with a learning disability and their families and carers (the beneficiaries) by providing, procuring or facilitating care, services and facilities and to advance equality and diversity for people with a learning disability.’	£216,112,000

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
St Andrew's Hospice (Lanarkshire) [Charity number: SC010159] The objects of the Charity (the 'Objects') are the relief of sickness and disability in furtherance of the aims, chartism and ethos of the Religious Sisters of Charity ('the Congregation') and of any Mission Statement of St Andrew's Hospice which may from time to time be approved by the Members, In particular by: 3.1.1 the provision of palliative, nursing, medical, and other care services for those in need at St Andrew's Hospice or at any other facilities or in the homes of patients. 3.1 .2 the provision of pastoral care services for the spiritual welfare and support of patients, 'relatives and staff particularly through the agency and active work of the Congregation. 3.1.3 the provision of education and research Into any aspect of the care of sick or disabled people or of the service provided by St Andrew's Hospice or at any other facilities. 3.1.4 the provision of services to members of the Congregation who are in need.	£9,393,355
Melville Housing Association Limited [Charity number: SC032755] 2.1 to provide for the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health , disability , financial hardship or other disadvantage through the provision , construction , improvement and management of land and accommodation and the provision of care.and 2.2 any other purpose or object permitted under Section 24 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 which is charitable both for the purpose of Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and also in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts	£15,602,000
THE HUDSON CHARITABLE TRUST [Charity number: 265368] The charity covers donations to general charitable purposes, education/training, medical/health/sickness, disability, overseas aid, sports & recreation, childrens charities. No donations to individuals, only to registered charities	£2,402
WYRE FOREST DIAL-A-RIDE [Charity number: 1110002] Provides a door to door community transport service for the residents of Wyre Forest District, Worcestershire and surrounding Counties who are in need of such a service because of age, sickness or disability (mental or physical) or poverty, or because of a lack of availability of adequate and safe public passenger services.	£115,508
CHARITY OF SUSANNAH COCKS NANFAN [Charity number: 241203] Distribution of money to the aged, poor and those with a disability within the parish of Berrow, Worcestershire	£708
THE MUSLIM CENTRE [Charity number: 1204082] A) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF ISLAM [WHILST ADHERING STRICTLY TO THE AHLUS-SUNNAH-WAL JAMA'AH (NECESSARILY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HANAFI FIQH ONLY) ACCORDING TO ULAMA-E DEOBAND AS DESCRIBED IN THEIR BOOK “ALMOHANNED ALAL MUFANNAD”B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Dinning Charitable Trust [Charity number: SC021982] The Trustees shall from time to time hold pay or apply or allocate the whole free income of the trust estate and may at any time and from time to time pay or apply the whole or any portion or portions of the capital of the trust estate to or towards or for the benefit or in furtherance of such charitable purposes or such charitable institutions, foundations, bodies or trusts in such manner and in such amounts and proportions and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may from time to time in their sole and absolute discretion determine and decide declaring: That without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing trust purposes (hereinafter referred to as 'the primary trust purposes') the Trustees shall in their selection of particular charitable purposes, institutions, foundations, bodies or trusts take into consideration and pay special regard to (a) the relief of poverty, misery, neglect, suffering, disease, sickness, infirmity, distress, physical and mental handicap and/or need with the Trustees having special regard to the needs of children (b) the furtherance of and advancement of the Christian Religion, education, training, instruction, culture and nature conservation. and (c) assistance to the infirm, the emergency services, disabled and retired members of the Armed Forces, all of and among any of the objects of the trust, all whether in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or elsewhere.	£88,829
Essentia Foundation SCIO [Charity number: SC050660] 7.1 The Charitable Purposes of the SCIO are:- 7.1.1 the promotion of the health and social welfare of children and young people. 7.1.2 the promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation in Scotland by all or any of the foregoing means: 7.1.2.1the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience. 7.1.2.2the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance or business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help (1) in setting up their own business, or (2) to existing businesses. 7.1.2.3 the creation of training and employment opportunities by the provision of workspace, buildings, and/or land for use on favourable terms. and 7.1.3 such other purposes as are charitable. 7.2 The SCIO will promote, advance and further its Charitable purposes by operating as a 'grant giving' charity which will support financially and otherwise charities and others in Scotland. 7.3 For the purposes of the 2005 Act the following charitable purposes are (i) particularly relevant and (ii) is the charitable purpose identified as applicable from section 7 of the 2005 Act:- 7.3.1 the advancement of health. 7.3.2 the advancement of education. 7.3.3 the advancement of citizenship or community development. 7.3.4 the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. and 7.3.5 the relief of unemployment. 7.4 For the purposes of the Taxes Acts and the provisions set out in clauses 7.1 to 7.2 shall be read together to ensure the purposes of the SCIO are compliant with the Taxes Acts.	£149,422
HARROGATE AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 506890] The free provision for the registered blind or partially sighted of recordings of a weekly talking newspaper with local news, a monthly talking magazine with topics of interest and a talking books library service.	£9,033
CHICHESTER GROUP RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION [Charity number: 1074289] To provide human and physical resources in support of a program to teach disabled people to ride.	£2,174