Barnoldswick and Earby Bosom Friends

Analysis

Barnoldswick and Earby Bosom Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Barnoldswick and Earby Bosom Friends reported income of £61k and spending of £67k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £131k to £61k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Barnoldswick and Earby Bosom Friends sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rudy a Menon Foundation (£61k), Pathways to Health (£61k) and Their Lives Matter (£61k).