Bona Fide

Analysis

Bona Fide is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bona Fide reported income of £11k and spending of £7,960, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £100 to £11k (+10840%), an average of +223% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 5520%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bona Fide sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scuba Trust (£11k), Throw a Starfish (£11k) and Cerebral Palsy Today (In Coventry & Warwickshire) Ltd (£11k).