The Bacup Consortium Trust

Analysis

The Bacup Consortium Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bacup. It was registered in January 2005, 21 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05097958). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bacup Consortium Trust reported income of £288k and spending of £201k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £134k to £288k (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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 Bacup Consortium Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% 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 The Finborough Foundation (£288k), The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust (£288k) and Imra (£288k).