Barbara Bus Fund

Analysis

Barbara Bus Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanmore. It was registered in December 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Barbara Bus Fund reported income of £157k and spending of £201k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £60k to £157k (+164%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 181% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Barbara Bus Fund sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include City Gate Foundation (£157k), Sight Support Ryedale (£157k) and Prudhoe Youth Project (£157k).

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.