Bollington Initiative Trust

Analysis

Bollington Initiative Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in August 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04572319). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Bollington Initiative Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £39k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £18k to £42k (+130%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 426%. Over the whole period it spent 161% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Bollington Initiative Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elenydd Wilderness Hostels (£41k), Martha Walker Almshouses (£42k) and Dixon Almshouse Charity (£41k).