Bishopswood School Association

Analysis

Bishopswood School Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in February 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bishopswood School Association reported income of £21k and spending of £27k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £7,010 to £21k (+197%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 400%. Over the whole period it spent 195% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bishopswood School Association sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llandaff 50+ (£21k), Soundwaves Music Project (£21k) and Sir Robert Christopher's Almshouses Charity (£21k).