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Uttlesford Buffy Bus Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1180905Saffron WaldenEducation and training
Income£113k2025-03-31
Spending£107ksame year
Spent / received105%5-year average
Size in its cause77th pctEducation and training
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Uttlesford Buffy Bus Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in November 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 provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Uttlesford Buffy Bus Association reported income of £113k and spending of £107k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £78k to £113k (+45%), an average of +9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Uttlesford Buffy Bus Association sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Ty Mabon, Tywyn (£113k), Corpus Christi Before & After School Care Service CIO (£113k) and Little Sunbeams Preschool (Fareham) (£113k).

Income and spending

£0£28k£57k£85k£113k2021 Income: £77,9712021 Spending: £60,39420212022 Income: £79,3212022 Spending: £88,37220222023 Income: £94,7662023 Spending: £101,27820232024 Income: £79,2552024 Spending: £108,24320242025 Income: £113,2692025 Spending: £107,4892025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Buffy Playbus is a local, community based, charity, established in 1994. A playbus designed to bring to the under-5s and their carers an opportunity to paint, play and socialise in a playgroup environment on board our double-decker bus.Buffy Playbus relies on grant aid, charitable donations and fund raising efforts to continue to serve our community.OUR WEBSITE https://www.buffyplaybus.org/

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