Bath & West Low Carbon Community Fund CIO

Analysis

Bath & West Low Carbon Community Fund CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bath & West Low Carbon Community Fund CIO reported income of £45k and spending of £45k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £37k to £45k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bath & West Low Carbon Community Fund CIO sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Homeless and Rootless at Christmas (£45k), Ark Church Cardiff (£45k) and Elbistan Community Centre (£45k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.