The Omnibus Society

Analysis

The Omnibus Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in August 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03081365). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Omnibus Society reported income of £86k and spending of £95k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £51k to £86k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 194% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Omnibus Society sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Institution of Power Engineers (£86k), Mount Scar Cygnets (£86k) and Welbourn Wonderbugs Preschool (£86k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.