Get Berkshire Active

Analysis

Get Berkshire Active is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bisham. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07743643). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Get Berkshire Active reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £889k to £1.1m (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Get Berkshire Active sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Care Network Cambridgeshire (£1.1m), Blackburn with Darwen Council for Voluntary Service (£1.1m) and Carers' Support Centre (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £295k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.