The Bristol Children's Help Society

Analysis

The Bristol Children's Help Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Somerset. It was registered in July 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04463732). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bristol Children's Help Society reported income of £295k and spending of £372k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £328k to £295k (-9.8%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bristol Children's Help Society sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hacro (£295k), Burslem Methodist Mission (Swan Bank) (£296k) and Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust (£295k).