City Church Bristol

Analysis

City Church Bristol is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in April 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, City Church Bristol reported income of £683k and spending of £665k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £441k to £683k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, City Church Bristol sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shared Interest Foundation (£683k), Lady Elizabeth Hastings' Estate Charity (£684k) and Jubilee Community Church (East Grinstead) (£682k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 96% and charitable activities 3.9%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £53k. Reserves of £73k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.