Emma Doris Bussey

Analysis

Emma Doris Bussey is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in January 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Emma Doris Bussey reported income of £26k and spending of £36k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £26k (+64%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 140% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Emma Doris Bussey sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Woking Street Angels (£26k), UK Dermatology Clinical Trials Network (UK DCTN) (£26k) and The Rotary Club of Portishead Trust Fund (£26k).

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.