North Bristol Advice Centre

Analysis

North Bristol Advice Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in December 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03449469). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Bristol Advice Centre reported income of £592k and spending of £556k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £588k to £592k (+0.7%), an average of +0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, North Bristol Advice Centre sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bramley Elderly Action (£589k), Lilian Frances Hind Bequest (Trustees of Lady Hind) (£594k) and Support Cambridgeshire (£587k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and investments 2.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £238k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.