South Bristol Consortium for Young People

Analysis

South Bristol Consortium for Young People is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07606234). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, South Bristol Consortium for Young People reported income of £626k and spending of £677k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £607k to £626k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Bristol Consortium for Young People sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 The Magpie Project (£626k), Liverpool Shipbrokers' Benevolent Society Incorporated (£627k) and Cowdray Dwellings Trust (£625k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%, donations and legacies 45% and investments 3.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.9%. Reserves of £306k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 14 people.