Lancashire Bme Network

Analysis

Lancashire Bme Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in May 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Lancashire Bme Network reported income of £409k and spending of £579k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £991k to £409k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lancashire Bme Network sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Deborah Ubee Trust (£409k), Beacon House Ministries (£409k) and Romsey Cancer Support Centre (£409k).