Bootstrap Company Limited

Analysis

Bootstrap Company Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01355222). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Bootstrap Company Limited reported income of £2.2m and spending of £2.9m, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income grew from £1.9m to £2.2m (+16%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 116% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bootstrap Company Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dulverton Trust (£2.2m), Eurovision Mission to Europe (£2.2m) and Stay Charity (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 3.1%. It employed 15 people.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.