Big Local Works Bermondsey

Analysis

Big Local Works Bermondsey is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Big Local Works Bermondsey reported income of £184k and spending of £185k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £157k to £184k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Big Local Works Bermondsey sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cirencester Community Development Trust Ltd. (£182k), Seer Green Pre-School (£184k) and Happy Days Childcare (£182k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.