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.

13,623 charities have been tagged with this tag. This represents 6.69% 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	4,292	6.04%
£10k - £100k	3,917	5.56%
£100k - £250k	1,529	6.77%
£250k - £500k	982	8.82%
£500k - £1m	648	9.28%
£1m - £10m	1,072	11.67%
Over £10m	330	14.60%
Total	12,770	6.60%

Distribution by charity regulator¶

Regulator	Charities with tag	Percent of all charities
ccew	9,543	5.56%
oscr	3,621	14.49%
ccni	459	6.55%
Total	13,623	6.69%

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.	£345,552,000
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.	£300,542,000
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.	£291,074,000
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.	£291,074,000
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.	£285,595,000
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.	£283,836,000
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.	£251,300,000
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.’	£244,357,000
ST ANDREW'S HEALTHCARE [Charity number: 1104951] The UK's leading independent charitable provider of specialist mental health care, working with the NHS in the UK to meet the needs of those with psychiatric illness, developmental disability, acquired brain injury and related disorders. The range of services is available to men, women, and young people with needs in mental health, learning disability, brain injury and/or neurological impairment.	£235,558,118
Community Integrated Care [Charity number: SC039671] The principal Object of the Charity is to promote for the public benefit the relief of those in need because of youth, age, ill-health, or disability throughout the United Kingdom in such a way as the Charity shall from time to time think fit by:	£197,363,000

Ten random charities¶

Name	Latest income
Alhikmah Foundation SCIO [Charity number: SC044230] 6.1 to advance religion, and in particular the understanding and practice of the Islamic faith for the benefit of the Muslim community and the wider public. 6.2 to advance education, particularly in connection with the Islamic faith. 6.3 to promote religious and racial harmony, particularly through striving to nurture harmony between Muslims and non-Muslims in order to achieve mutual understanding. and 6.4 to relieve those in need by reason of age, ill -health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through providing welfare services (and on the basis that any funds received for a particular and specific cause shall only be used in furtherance of that cause). 6.5 to advance citizenship and community development. 6.6 to provide recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities with the object of improving the conditions of life of the Muslim community and the wider public	£499,514
Mrs Jane Allans Trust [Charity number: SC010392] The prevention and relief of poverty. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.	£14,917
Y Sort-It [Charity number: SC038548] 3.The company's objects are (1) To relieve poverty among young people who are resident within West Dunbartonshire ('the Operating Area') (2) To relieve unemployment for the public benefit among young people resident in the Operating Area in such ways as may be thought fit, imluding assistance to find employment (3) To advance health among young people resident in the Operating Area (4) To promote equality and diversity through working towards the elimination of discrimination (whether on the grounds of race, religion, disability, gender, sexual orientation or otherwise) in relation to young people resident in the Operating Area, and to promote and support equality of opportunity for all young people resident in the Operating Area irrespective of race, religion, disability, gender or sexual orientation (5) To advance citizenship among young people resident in the Operating Area (6) To advance community development through the promotion of public safety, in particular with regard to young people resident in the Operating Area (7) To advance education among young people resident in the Operating Area (8) To promote andlor support other similar projects and programmes which further a charitable purpose for the benefit of young people resident in the Operating Area. and on the basis that the company shall, in pursuing those objects, promote the participation of young people resident in the Operating Area through consultation and other processes which encourage them to advocate for their own needs.	£559,819
THE ADAMAS TRUST [Charity number: 1205306] FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN CARE, CHILDREN ON THE EDGE OF CARE, AND FAMILIES AND CARERS OF THOSE CHILDREN BY: A. PROVIDING TRAINING AND SUPPORT BY ARRANGING DAY COURSES AND WHERE APPROPRIATE SHORT BREAKS AT AN APPROVED AND OFSTED REGISTERED FACILITY B. MAKING USE OF “SOCIAL PEDAGOGY” IN THE TRAINING OF PROFESSIONALS SUPPORTING CHILDREN IN CARE AND ON THE EDGE OF CARE C. PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PARENTS AND CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH UNDIAGNOSED AND OR DIAGNOSED LEARNING DISABILITIES AND AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS D. SUPPORTING THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF CHILDREN WITH STATEMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, BY ACTING AS ADVOCACY AND ADVISORY ASSISTANCE E. FURTHERING THE AWARENESS OF THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND CARE LEAVERS WITHIN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM	£119
MERTON HALL RECREATION CENTRE [Charity number: 1196969] To provide facilities for the purpose of recreation, education and other leisure time occupations for the community of Ponteland, but particularly for the elderly and people with disabilities, without distinction of political, religious or other opinions.	£13,039
THE ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE & DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY [Charity number: 244204] Providing the opportunity for those with learning disabilities (and their families and carers) to obtain advice, guidance and support and offering the opportunity to participate in various recreational activities in a safe environment. Advocacy needs and wants of people with a learning disability to enable greater integration in the local community.	£12,965
Strathearn Building Bridges Incorporated [Charity number: SC048085] 4 The organisation's purposes are: The relief of those in need by reason of disability who are resident within the Strathearn area of Perth and Kinross. 4.1 To provide a focus for community based initiatives to support people with learning and/or other disabilities and their carers, to enhance integration, to reduce isolation and to increase community awareness. 4.2 To build bridges between local organisations (charitable, commercial and social) and with those with learning and/or other disabilities and their carers. 4.3 To encourage people who provide services to deliver support that actively responds to the needs of people with learning and/or other disabilities. 4.4 To raise, or support the raising, of funds for local community based initiatives, which will be initiated, led and developed by those with learning and/or other disabilities and their carers. 4.5 To reflect the local priorities as expressed by those with learning and/or other disabilities or their carers in determining the services which should be supported or developed.	£13,988
Edinburgh Malayalee Samajam [Charity number: SC052463] The association has been formed to represent the interests of Malayaless in Scotland and in particular Edinburgh to: a) advance the education of Malayalee children in the Malayalam language b) advance the education in the areas of family unity and development c) promote Kerala arts, heritage and culture through the celebration of Malayalees culture, arts, dance and traditional food and wear. d) promote religious or racial harmony by actively providing opportunities for members of the Malayalee community to integrate into the wider Scottish community. e) help relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage both by supporting those in need either locally or in India.	£14,081
PARENT CARER FORUM - YORK [Charity number: 1207314] TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES, WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN YORK AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, PROMOTE THEIR INCLUSION IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TO HELP AND SUPPORT THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL
Hands Gillingham [Charity number: 290169] The Charity provides services for older, disabled or vulnerable adults in the Gillingham area, including a transport service to medical appointments or other essential journeys, a basic gardening service and other services to alleviate social isolation.To do all such lawful things to further the attainment of such purposesArea of operation and benefit, Gillingham, Medway	£3,167