Central Cheshire Buddy Scheme

Analysis

Central Cheshire Buddy Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crewe. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Central Cheshire Buddy Scheme reported income of £141k and spending of £157k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £182k to £141k (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Central Cheshire Buddy Scheme sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Presbyterian Church of Ghana Milton Keynes Congregation (£140k), Camborne Community Centre (£141k) and Wanderers Haven Animal Sanctuary (£140k).

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.