Bcno Limited

Analysis

Bcno Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00562119). It says it provides services and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bcno Limited reported income of £3.7m and spending of £4.9m, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £3.7m (+155%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bcno Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Servol Community Services (£3.7m), Brighton & Hove Albion Foundation (£3.7m) and Breakthrough - Transformation Trust (£3.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and investments 4.8%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £8.2m would cover about 20 months of spending at that rate. It employed 240 people.

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.