The Baked Bean Charity

Analysis

The Baked Bean Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Baked Bean Charity reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £513k to £1.4m (+181%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 148%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Baked Bean Charity sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Swindon Town FC Community Foundation (£1.4m), Kef Kids (£1.4m) and Bourne United Charities (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 2.4%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. It employed 35 people.