The Bus Archive

Analysis

The Bus Archive is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Walsall. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bus Archive reported income of £237k and spending of £154k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £359k to £237k (-34%), an average of -9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bus Archive sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sidney Perry Foundation (£237k), Langstone Community Nursery (£237k) and Little Raindrops (£236k).