Bunbury Parochial Charities

Analysis

Bunbury Parochial Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bunbury Parochial Charities reported income of £11k and spending of £7,057, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,163 to £11k (+17%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bunbury Parochial Charities sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plymouth Hockey Club (£11k), Denise's Promise (£11k) and Cops (Community Outreach Project Solutions) (£11k).