The Big Yellow Bus Project

Analysis

The Big Yellow Bus Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in November 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Big Yellow Bus Project reported income of £45k and spending of £69k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £87k to £45k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Big Yellow Bus Project sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wellbank Foundation (£45k), 5 Regt Ra (£45k) and Cricklade Open Door (£45k).

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.