The Book Bus Foundation

Analysis

The Book Bus Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Book Bus Foundation reported income of £86k and spending of £48k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £43k to £86k (+98%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Book Bus Foundation sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horbury Common Lands Trust (£86k), Bitton Charity Limited (£86k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God Solution Assembly (£86k).