DESIGNABILITY CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 256335 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B I M E, BATH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL ENGINEERING LIMITED, DESIGNABILITY

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.4m
Registered
1968

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

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.4m
Cost of raising funds
£148k
Reserves (reported)
£233k
Employees
29

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.9m£2.4m
31/03/2024£1.9m£2.2m
31/03/2023£2.5m£2.2m
31/03/2022£2.2m£2.1m
31/03/2021£1.9m£1.7m

Common questions

Who funds DESIGNABILITY CHARITY LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DESIGNABILITY CHARITY LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION, BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CALLEVA FOUNDATION, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATIONFY2024£420k
BERNARD LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£140k
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATIONFY2023£115k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£100k
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATIONFY2022£55k
THE CALLEVA FOUNDATIONFY2024£52k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£45k
HANDSPARK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE ELLERDALE TRUSTFY2023£17k
THE ELLERDALE TRUSTFY2024£16k
HANDSPARK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUSTFY2023£12k
D C R ALLEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
MOTABILITYFY2025£9k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2023£7k
THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUSTFY2025£6k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE NORTHWICK TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£5k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£5k
THE AUBREY ORCHARD-LISLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE PIXEL FUNDFY2023£5k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
ODIN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE O'SULLIVAN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE ELLERDALE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE A M FENTON TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE WILLIAM ALLEN YOUNG CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE CHILLAG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
THE RAINFORD TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE BENHAM CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£2k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£2k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k