Bristol Vintage Bus Group

Analysis

Bristol Vintage Bus Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Bristol Vintage Bus Group reported income of £27k and spending of £35k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £12k to £27k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Bristol Vintage Bus Group sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Somerset Society of Model and Experimental Engineers (Ltd) (£27k), The Congelow Organic Educational Charitable Trust (£27k) and Friends of Warden Abbey Vineyard (£27k).