Business Archives Council

Analysis

Business Archives Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Business Archives Council reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £21k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Business Archives Council sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% 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 The Hollingbourne Meadows Trust Limited (£21k), Fresh Start Portslade (£21k) and 38th Leicester Scout Group (£21k).

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.