Bridgend and District Beekeepers Association

Analysis

Bridgend and District Beekeepers Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridgend and District Beekeepers Association reported income of £11k and spending of £7,658, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £11k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Bridgend and District Beekeepers Association sits at the 22nd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wotton Animal Rescue (£11k), Pennington - Memorial Hall (£11k) and Herts and Middlesex Badger Group (£11k).