The Bickford Rest Centre

Analysis

The Bickford Rest Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in April 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, accommodation/housing and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Bickford Rest Centre reported income of £18k and spending of £19k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £12k to £18k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income rose by 264%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Bickford Rest Centre sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Croeso Menai (£18k), White Rose Initiative (£18k) and Wilstockhub (£18k).

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.