The Carers Centre (Bristol and South Gloucestershire)

Analysis

The Carers Centre (Bristol and South Gloucestershire) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03377199). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Carers Centre (Bristol and South Gloucestershire) reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.4m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £1.2m (-3.2%), an average of -0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Carers Centre (Bristol and South Gloucestershire) sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Learning Space (£1.2m), Boodles Charitable Trust (£1.2m) and Volunteer Centre Hackney (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Reserves of £420k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.