The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust

Analysis

The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in September 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust reported income of £240k and spending of £328k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £248k to £240k (-3.2%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gloucestershire Nightstop (£240k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bridlington St Mary (£241k) and The Thomas Scanlan Trust (£239k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.