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BIOREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP

Registered charity 1041486 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£2.5m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £343,824 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 21% to £2.4m. Free reserves stood at £0.63m, equivalent to 3.4 months of unrestricted expenditure, which the trustees consider a prudent level balancing project needs and public benefit.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £630k)
“The reserves policy of Bioregional Development Group is to have a minimum of three months’ unrestricted expenditure in unrestricted reserves, but the aim is to have six months’ expenditure in reserve as the norm.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£2.6m
Reserves (reported)
£610k
Employees
31

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Australia · Canada · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£2.5m£2.6m
31/03/2025£2.4m£2.3m
31/03/2024£2.0m£2.0m
31/03/2023£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.8m£1.9m

Common questions

Is BIOREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP financially healthy?

The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £343,824 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income increasing by 21% to £2.4m. Free reserves stood at £0.63m, equivalent to 3.4 months of unrestricted expenditure, which the trustees consider a prudent level balancing project needs and public benefit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund21/02/2001£5k"Heritage Harvester for the Lavender Project"