BROADCASTING SUPPORT SERVICES
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
BSS empowers people to take action to improve their lives, by providing access to impartial information and advice. Services available include contact centres, incorporating helplines providing support and guidance; digital media, including web design and development and other forms of online communication such as SMS and web chat; and distribution and fulfilment of hard copy information material.
Latest income
£18.2m
Expenditure
£19.9m
Financial year end
2014-03-31
Latest detailed return
Year end 2014-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £0 |
| Charitable activities | £11.3m |
| Trading | £6.9m |
| Investment income | £14k |
| Total income | £18.2m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £13.2m |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £77k |
| Total expenditure | £19.9m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £4.9m |
| Total funds | £5.7m |
| — restricted | £0 |
| — unrestricted | £5.7m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £5.7m |
| Cash | £4.1m |
People
| Employees | 436 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Environment/conservation/heritage
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.