THE BRITISH INSTITUTE OF LEARNING DISABILITIES

Registered charity 1019663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B I L D, BILD

AdvocacyMembershipTrainingQuality NetworkQualificationsInformation services Events/Conferences/Seminars Publications and Journals ConsultancyResearch and Development InfluencingAdministration, payment and monitoring of grantsLearning opportunitiesAll in support of children/adults with a learning disability, family carers and learning disability service providers.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £340,458 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total consolidated reserves increasing to £1,195,082. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £1,032,630, which equates to 4.1 months of operating expenditure against a policy target of three months. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the group's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Mary Ritchiechair
• Andrea Wiggins
• David O'Brien · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Jean O'Hara
• Kevin Elliott
• Lara Holland
• Matthew Prothero
• Teresa Sargent

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gibraltar · Ireland · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Learning Disability Network London Limited.

• Learning Disability Network London Limited income £22.7m
• PEOPLE IN ACTION income £11.4m
• LEARNING DISABILITY ENGLAND income £381k
• KINGSTON SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES income £105k
• MENCAP IN KIRKLEES income £3.6m
• W.I.L.L. WIRRAL INDEPENDENT LIVING AND LEARNING income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

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