British Society of Criminology

Analysis

British Society of Criminology is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Letchworth. It was registered in January 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03515512). It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, British Society of Criminology reported income of £92k and spending of £79k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £78k to £92k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British Society of Criminology sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St James Pre-School Woolton (£92k), 19th Wimbledon Scout Group (£92k) and The Comino Foundation (£92k).