Bristol Baptist Fund

Analysis

Bristol Baptist Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bristol Baptist Fund reported income of £65k and spending of £160k, spending 247% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £54k to £65k (+21%), an average of +4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 147% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bristol Baptist Fund sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Didcot and Wallingford Area Cap Debt Centre (£65k), Pay & Employment Rights Service (Yorkshire) Limited (£65k) and Hungarian Vizsla Welfare Charity (£65k).

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.