The Helpful Bureau

Analysis

The Helpful Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04155890). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Helpful Bureau reported income of £302k and spending of £316k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £220k to £302k (+37%), an average of +8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Helpful Bureau sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Independent Advocacy North East (£302k), The Old Schoolhouse Community Project (£302k) and Hope's Children & Young Peoples Support Services (£301k).