Bristol Ecclesiastical Charity
Analysis
Bristol Ecclesiastical Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Bristol Ecclesiastical Charity reported income of £446k and spending of £594k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £137k to £446k (+225%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 220%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bristol Ecclesiastical Charity sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Benefice of the Ascension, Cambridge (St. Giles with St Peter, St Luke and St Augustine) (£446k), The Parochial Church Council of St Cuthburga, Wimborne Minster (£446k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Birmingham Parish Church (St. Martin in the Bull Ring) (£446k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The objects of the charity are to further the religious and other charitable work of the Church of England in the area of benefit - the Archdeaconry of Bristol and the surrounding area including the Deanery of Kingswood in South Gloucestershire, and the Benefice of Marshfield with Cold Ashton and Tormarton with West Littleton.