The Bristol Society of Model and Experimental Engineers

Analysis

The Bristol Society of Model and Experimental Engineers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02893778). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Bristol Society of Model and Experimental Engineers reported income of £63k and spending of £45k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £31k to £63k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 71% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Bristol Society of Model and Experimental Engineers sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Milnrow Parish (£63k), Manhood Wildlife and Heritage (£64k) and Class Forty Preservation Society (£63k).