Friends of Bambi

Analysis

Friends of Bambi is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Friends of Bambi reported income of £17k and spending of £7,396, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £51k to £17k (-67%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Bambi sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Addington Recreation Ground (£17k), Brown Dog (£17k) and Noor Welfare Foundation (£17k).