BF Adventure

Analysis

BF Adventure is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cornwall. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03546772). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, BF Adventure reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.2m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £812k to £1.2m (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, BF Adventure sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northeast Disabilities Resource Centre (N.d.r.c.) (£1.2m), Yellow Submarine Holidays (£1.2m) and The Baytree Centre (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, trading 13%, investments 1.9% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 14%. Reserves of £85k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.