THE BACA CHARITY
Registered charity 1124569 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
The Baca Charity works with unaccompanied young people who have been forced to leave their homes to seek asylum due to war and persecution or through trafficking for exploitation. Baca creates a safe environment through its holistic support for them to have hope to rebuild their lives for a better future and become positive empowered individuals who are contributors to the community they live in.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £2,222,876 while total expenditure increased by 22.8% to £2,214,060, resulting in a small net surplus of £8,816. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,681,049, which exceeds the stated policy target of five months' operational costs (£1m), and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 5 months of operational costs (£1m) (held: £1.7m)
“the Trustees have decided that the Charity must have or be working towards at least 5-months of operational costs as reserves this includes cash and other unrestricted reserves. This amounts to £1m at end of March 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Baca Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
10 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (9 freehold); recorded price paid £3.5m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£105k
Reported reserves equal ~13.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 4.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Andrew Brackett
- James Daniel Fyleman
- Justin De Koszmovszky
- Louise Lloyd-Jarvis
- Mark Vyner
- Paul Nicholas Clark
- Ravi Kiran Singh Kohli
- SARAH SHORT
- Vesna Joan Dubaic
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Leicestershire · Peterborough City · Rutland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE BACA CHARITY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £2,222,876 while total expenditure increased by 22.8% to £2,214,060, resulting in a small net surplus of £8,816. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,681,049, which exceeds the stated policy target of five months' operational costs (£1m), and the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants.
Who funds THE BACA CHARITY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BACA CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST, MAGNIFY FOUNDATION, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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