The Bristol Port Welfare Association

Analysis

The Bristol Port Welfare Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Avonmouth. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bristol Port Welfare Association reported income of £19k and spending of £13k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £19k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Bristol Port Welfare Association sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Haslemere Penny Ha'penny Trust (£19k), Avon Counselling and Psychotherapy Service (£19k) and Flitwick Vale Rotary Club Trust Fund (£19k).