Cornerstone Church Bristol

Analysis

Cornerstone Church Bristol is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Cornerstone Church Bristol reported income of £73k and spending of £109k, spending 150% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £68k to £73k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cornerstone Church Bristol sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Youthstart (£73k), The Leigh Trust (£73k) and Long Eaton and Sawley Foodbank (£73k).