Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 8
Support Score: 7
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

THE BRIGSTOWE PROJECT 

The Brigstowe Project offers free confidential and independent advice and support for people affected by HIV and other long term health conditions.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • One or more trustees receive benefits from the charity
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
Established: 29 years

www.brigstowe.org

info@brigstowe.org

01179555038

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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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£776£676£100£22£554£1793.22753
31/03/22£649£539£110£19£454£1723.81451
31/03/21£398£403£-5n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£352£323£29n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/19£314£302£12n/an/an/an/an/a35
31/03/18£287£292£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£303£276£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£209£205£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£189£194£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£176£181£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£167£189£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£282£263£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£277£271£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£347£304£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£232£262£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£253£240£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£247£227£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£222£202£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£198£197£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£189£170£19£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3.3%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 32%
Reserves/Spending: 3.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 2
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bath And North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 27 employees
  • 53 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£398,970
Henry Smith Charity£133,200
Quartet Community Foundation£113,275
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
DCMS£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£45 07/02/2024
As requested by the donor towards the Brigstowe Project's work of offering free confidential and independent advice and support for people affected by HIV and other long term health conditions.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£500 02/06/2023
As directed by the donor towards debt advice.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£10,000 11/05/2023
Towards the Peer Partnership’s Development & Training Manager, who will expand the use of peer support in Bristol and surrounds by working in partnership with other organisations.
National Lottery Community Fund - Migrant and Asylum Support Service (MASS)
£10,000 20/01/2023
The funding will be used to continue to provide support such as assistance with asylum applications legal help and housing advice to refugees; migrants and survivors of trafficking who are HIV ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£250 10/01/2023
As directed by the donor towards Brigstowe's work enhancing the quality of life for people living with HIV, and other long term health conditions and protected characteristics. Due diligence checked.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£250 22/11/2022
As directed by the fund holder towards Brigstowe's work supporting people affected by HIV.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£660 07/06/2022
As directed by the donor towards debt advice.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 01/04/2022
Advice and Support Services for People Living with HIV in Bristol and the Surrounding Area
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£5,000 02/03/2022
11
Towards the annual cost of the Migrant and Asylum Support Service (MASS).
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£3,000 19/11/2021
11
Towards the Advice and Support Service and Migrant and Asylum Support Service for the next financial year.
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - The Brigstowe Project - 10/08/21
£1,000 03/09/2021
Core Funding
Quartet Community Foundation - The Peer Partnership
£20,000 21/06/2021
11
Toward the Peer Partnership programme, which aims to expand the provision of peer support for people with long term conditions or protected characteristics and provide a source of sustainable income ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£550 18/06/2021
As directed by the donor towards debt advice.
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Voices Continuation
£378,970 10/03/2021
59
The project will use the funding over 5 years to continue to support people living with HIV (PLWHIV) across the greater Bristol area.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£133,200 13/11/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing advice, information and migrant services to people living with and affected by HIV in Bristol and surrounding ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£8,920 08/09/2020
A Training & Development Coordinator to further develop a Peer Support Model for people living with HIV or Type 2 Diabetes, and to support other agencies to replicate this model.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£10,000 07/08/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Variation grant to Brigstowe Project
£6,045 23/07/2020
Grant to Brigstowe Project meeting the additional costs of adapting services, premises or implementing other safety measures in response to the Covid pandemic.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£3,000 22/04/2020
Towards purchasing IT equipment to be used by volunteers and clients as part of a support service to people living with HIV.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£28,500 30/03/2020
As requested by the fund holder.
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs of Advice Service and Migrant Advice and Support Service
£32,600 01/10/2019
The third year of a three year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing advice, information and migrant services to people living with and affected by HIV ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tackling HIV Stigma
£10,000 26/09/2019
12
Tackling HIV Stigma
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs of Advice Service and Migrant Advice and Support Service
£29,500 10/10/2018
The second year of a three year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing advice, information and migrant services to people living with and affected by HIV ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Speaking up for HIV
£10,000 09/08/2018
12
The funding will be used to create awareness of issues people living with HIV face. The project aims to inform the wider community about HIV issues, challenge stigma, encouraging safe sex and testing.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£52,576 30/11/2017
36
Towards the costs of the Migrant Advice & Support Service for asylum seekers and refugees who are living with HIV.
Quartet Community Foundation - Voluntary Income Development
£5,000 21/11/2017
12
Toward staff and associated costs of kick-starting new initiatives that will enable the group to increase their voluntary income.
Quartet Community Foundation - Running costs of Advice Service and Migrant Advice and Support Service
£27,500 21/09/2017
The first year of a three year award from the Henry Smith Charity towards the running costs of a project providing advice, information and migrant services to people living with and affected by HIV ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£89,600 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing advice, information and migrant services to people living with and affected by HIV in and around Bristol
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£30,000 30/11/2016
Third year grant of a three year award towards advice, support and information service run for an organisation working with people living with HIV/AIDS
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Voices
£327,084 01/06/2016
59
This project will support people who are newly diagnosed with HIV or struggling with their diagnosis in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. People will receive an assessment to help ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£85,200 12/06/2014
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support, advice and information to people living with, and affected by, HIV in Bristol
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Brigstowe Project
£20,900 28/02/2014
The Brigstowe Project provides advice and support to people affected by HIV. This grant will help fund the Project Coordinator to manage the service and ensure that people with HIV improve their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-64
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 17/10/1995, number: 1049945
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/09/1995, number: 03107835
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
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
20 returns made; AR06: 14 days late,
Main office

Brigstowe, Old Coop Business Centre
Ground Floor, 40-42 Chelsea Road
BRISTOL
BS5 6AF

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE, ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN BUT NOT LIMITED TO BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS:1. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH LONG-TERM HEALTH CONDITIONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY HIV AND OTHER RELATED CONDITIONS, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, CONSULTANCY SERVICES, THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND / OR RESEARCH PROJECTS WITH BUSINESSES, CHARITIES, EDUCATION PROVIDERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.3. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS PEOPLE ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGION OR BELIEF, SEX, AGE, PREGNANCY, RELATIONSHIP STATUS, OR ANY OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION4. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION BY PROVIDING, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, PEER SUPPORT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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