B: Rap Ltd

Analysis

B: Rap Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in September 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03693499). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2026, B: Rap Ltd reported income of £902k and spending of £918k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £726k to £902k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, B: Rap Ltd sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Douai Abbey Parishes Trust (£900k), Age Concern Bournemouth (£905k) and Abbey Access Centre (£900k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £827k would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.