Buckingham and Area Community Advice Bureau Foundation (Bacab)

Analysis

Buckingham and Area Community Advice Bureau Foundation (Bacab) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in June 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Buckingham and Area Community Advice Bureau Foundation (Bacab) reported income of £24k and spending of £39k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £24k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 132% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Buckingham and Area Community Advice Bureau Foundation (Bacab) sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Moreton-In-Marsh Charity (£24k), Blink the Mental Health Campaign (£24k) and Salem Health Project (£24k).