Bucklebury Community Bus

Analysis

Bucklebury Community Bus is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Bucklebury Community Bus reported income of £10k and spending of £8,346, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £12k to £10k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bucklebury Community Bus sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Footherley Hall (£10k), Medway Society of Clubs for the Physically Handicapped (£10k) and Jacob's Academy (£10k).