Bolton Under Fives Forum

Analysis

Bolton Under Fives Forum is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bolton Under Fives Forum reported income of £97k and spending of £96k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £58k to £97k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bolton Under Fives Forum sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Eaton Bray and Edlesborough Scout Group (£97k), Gunness and Burringham Pre-School Playgroup (£97k) and Abbeymead Under Fives (£97k).