Mary Bass Charity

Analysis

Mary Bass Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in August 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Mary Bass Charity reported income of £208k and spending of £164k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £167k to £208k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Mary Bass Charity sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints Liverpool (£208k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Frant with Eridge (£208k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Holy Trinity, Wealdstone (£208k).