Registered charity · London
The British Institute of Learning Disabilities
The Charity's objects are, for the public benefit, to: (a) advance training, education, and research; and (b) promote, protect and improve physical and mental health (including, without limitation, through the reduction of health inequalities and...
- 8 trustees
- Income £3.4m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is The British Institute of Learning Disabilities. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar and more
- Website
- www.bild.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.4m£3.0m
- 2024£2.6m£2.4m
- 2023£2.3m£2.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£1.9m
- 2021£1.4m£1.2m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The Charity's objects are, for the public benefit, to: (a) advance training, education, and research; and (b) promote, protect and improve physical and mental health (including, without limitation, through the reduction of health inequalities and promotion of trauma informed relational working); to benefit people with disabilities (including but not limited to learning disabilities, autism, dementia and mental health difficulties); in particular but without limitation by improving support for people with learning disabilities.Nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Charity for purposes which are not charitable in accordance with any statutory provision regarding the meaning of the word "charitable" or the words "charitable purposes" in force in any part of the United Kingdom.
Grants received
18 grants · £1,134,732 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department of Health and Social Care · £915,120 (13 grants)
- Department of Health · £139,800 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £49,000
- Comic Relief · £30,812
Most recent
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Department of Health and Social Care
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Fiona Mary Ritchie Chair since 2020
- Andrea Wiggins since 2020
- David O'Brien since 2023
- Dr Jean O'Hara since 2021
- Kevin Elliott since 2021
- Lara Holland since 2022
- Matthew Prothero since 2023
- Teresa Sargent since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Fiona Mary Ritchie Chair since 2020
- Andrea Wiggins since 2020
- Dr Jean O'Hara since 2021
- Kevin Elliott since 2021
- Lara Holland since 2022
- Matthew Prothero since 2023
- Teresa Sargent since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- David O'Brien since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1019663
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 MAR 1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 OCT 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 JAN 2018 as amended on 23 Jan 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02804429 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01214156962 · enquiries@bild.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data