The B S Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The B S Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in June 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The B S Charitable Foundation reported income of £226k and spending of £254k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £116k to £226k (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The B S Charitable Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The John Macleod Charitable Trust (£226k), The Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust (£227k) and Wantage Independent Advice Centre (£225k).

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.