Oscar Bristol (Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia Research)

Analysis

Oscar Bristol (Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia Research) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oscar Bristol (Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia Research) reported income of £22k and spending of £30k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £15k to £22k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Oscar Bristol (Organisation for Sickle Cell Anaemia Research) sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alverstoke Women's Institute (£22k), The Ashurst McDermott Hall (£22k) and North Drift Foundation (£22k).