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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 16 ?

BRISTOL CHARITIES 

Almshouse provision, day services provision and development and grant giving.The Trustees have agreed that the prime objective can be summed up as "Enhancing Quality of Life for Older People in our Communities"
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has an endowment fund which generates most of its income
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
  • Over half the Board have joined recently
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£2,333£2,419£-87£0£39,598£6,53132.4170
31/03/22£2,101£2,318£-218£0£40,508£6,30032.6150
31/03/21£1,946£1,966£-21£0£40,422£6,18937.8140
31/03/20£2,267£2,176£92£0£37,758£5,95532.8150
31/03/19£2,832£1,590£1,242£0£39,476£5,82444130
31/03/18£5,803£1,236£4,568£0£37,708£5,39352.4130
31/03/17£3,820£1,473£2,347£0£33,180£5,13941.9190
31/03/16£1,674£1,745£-71£0£29,299£2,85019.6230
31/03/15£2,922£1,573£1,349£27£29,141£2,42618.5200
31/03/14£1,487£1,340£147£22£26,876£2,11919190
31/03/13£1,601£1,372£229£19£26,770£4,30837.7170
31/03/12£1,502£1,179£323£31£25,019£4,47445.5200
31/03/11£1,514£1,181£333£16£24,461£4,04841.100
31/03/10£1,414£1,196£218£41£23,144£3,73337.5160
31/03/09£1,668£1,297£371£43£20,095£3,43431.8160
31/03/08£1,922£1,845£77£44£22,706£2,94619.2380
31/03/07£2,227£2,113£115£25£22,774£2,92116.6480
31/03/06*£2,272£2,220£52£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 3%
Liabilities/Income: 52%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 16%
Reserves/Spending: 32.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 16 months
Quick Ratio: 5.3
Asset Split ?
Established: 19 years

www.bristolcharities.org.uk

info@bristolcharities.org.uk

01179300301

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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 17 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Charities
£4,580 20/12/2022
To support the community of Oldbury Court with projects/services to combat food poverty, enhancing existing provision and creating provision where there are gaps.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Bristol Charities
£25,000 22/09/2022
To develop the Vassall Centre to create a Community Hub to deliver and host services and provide local infrastructure.
DCMS - Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support
£280,393 05/11/2021
This fund aims to provide emergency funding awards to culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19 but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees:
  • BE MCCARROLL Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Social Housing Director
  • ANDREW STREET (Chair) Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Environmental Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/08/2005, number: 1109141
  • Registered at Companies House on 23/03/2005, number: 05402303
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR06: 1 days late,
Main office

THE VASSALL CENTRE
GILL AVENUE
FISHPONDS
BRISTOL
BS16 2QQ

Objectives

TO ADVANCE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE,CITY OF BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET, AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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