Tamar Valley Community Bus

Analysis

Tamar Valley Community Bus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Tamar Valley Community Bus reported income of £15k and spending of £12k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,174 to £15k (+151%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 253%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Tamar Valley Community Bus sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Connected Planet Foundation (£15k), Wasila (£16k) and The Red House Trust (£15k).