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Bosom Buddies

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1064559BristolHealth and saving lives
Income£12k2025-04-30
Spending£13ksame year
Spent / received64%5-year average
Size in its cause30th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1997Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bosom Buddies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bosom Buddies reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,972 to £12k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bosom Buddies sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rotary Club of Camberley (£12k), Rotary Club of Oswestry and Cambrian Trust (£12k) and The Nathan Massey Foundation (£12k).

Income and spending

£0£6,139£12k£18k£25k2021 Income: £7,9722021 Spending: £2,12020212022 Income: £24,5562022 Spending: £4,35020222023 Income: £15,9762023 Spending: £11,66620232024 Income: £6,2092024 Spending: £11,36220242025 Income: £12,2642025 Spending: £13,4852025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

"Bosom Buddies" is an entirely voluntary support group established to help patients and their families cope with the psychological and everyday consequences of breast cancer. We also raise monies to fund the group, support our fellow sufferers and buy valuable pieces of equipment for use within the Bristol Breast Unit, Bristol Oncology and Avon Breast Screening.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Rotary Club of CamberleySurrey£12k
Rotary Club of Oswestry and Cambrian TrustShrewsbury£12k
The Nathan Massey FoundationWorcestershire£12k
The Sabil Falah Foundation TrustMitcham£12k