Bid Services

Analysis

Bid Services is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03124204). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bid Services reported income of £6.6m and spending of £6.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.1m to £6.6m (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bid Services sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Baptist Missionary Society (£6.5m), St Petrocs (£6.6m) and The Northam Care Trust (£6.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%, donations and legacies 6.9% and trading 3.8%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £3.1m would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 134 people.