The Midhurst Community Bus

Analysis

The Midhurst Community Bus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in July 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Midhurst Community Bus reported income of £13k and spending of £16k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £10k to £13k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Midhurst Community Bus sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Margaret's PTFA (£13k), Friends of Syresham School (£13k) and Burley Parish Hall (£13k).

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.