THE BUCKS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF OFFENDERS

Registered charity 1186375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BACO

BACO aims to help offenders break their cycle of criminal behaviour and reintegrate back into society as contributing members. We work with the Prison service and Probation but independently of both. We provide small grants to serving prisoners resident in Buckinghamshire's prisons, ex-offenders and those released on licence into the county of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.

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Latest income

£48k

Latest spending

£63k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a decrease in assets of £14,686 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £70,852. The trustees report steering the charity on a financially sound path, with unrestricted reserves of £64,906 held against a policy target of three months' budgeted expenditure. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were disclosed in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of the annual budgeted expenditure (held: £65k)

“BACO's reserves policy is to maintain at least three months of the annual budgeted expenditure in cash reserves.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Camilla Rose Soameschair · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew William Muir
Caroline Donald · trustee of 1 other charity
Caroline Serjeant · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Ross · trustee of 1 other charity
Rosamund Rossington
Ruth Sarah Farwell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£48k	£63k
31/12/2024	£94k	£45k
31/12/2023	£50k	£56k
31/12/2022	£27k	£22k
31/12/2021	£17k	£30k

Common questions

Is THE BUCKS ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE OF OFFENDERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a decrease in assets of £14,686 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in total funds carried forward of £70,852. The trustees report steering the charity on a financially sound path, with unrestricted reserves of £64,906 held against a policy target of three months' budgeted expenditure. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were disclosed in the filing. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.