Bar-N-Bus Trust

Analysis

Bar-N-Bus Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Basildon. It was registered in May 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02961054). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Bar-N-Bus Trust reported income of £336k and spending of £311k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £184k to £336k (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 111%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bar-N-Bus Trust sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Presbyterian Church of Ghana Midlands District (£336k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Sittingbourne Holy Trinity (£336k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Portchester (£336k).