Bath and North East Somerset Third Sector Group CIO

Analysis

Bath and North East Somerset Third Sector Group CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bath and North East Somerset Third Sector Group CIO reported income of £317k and spending of £268k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £229k to £317k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Bath and North East Somerset Third Sector Group CIO sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheffield Association for the Voluntary Teaching of English (£316k), Willenhall Community Forum Limited (£317k) and Good Business Foundation (£316k).