Southern Brooks Community Partnerships

Analysis

Southern Brooks Community Partnerships is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Southern Brooks Community Partnerships reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.2m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £1.5m to £1.0m (-32%), an average of -9.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Southern Brooks Community Partnerships sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Cymru Gwynedd a Mon (£1.0m), Fleetwood Trust (£1.0m) and Inclusion Gloucestershire (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.6%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £37k. Reserves of £251k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 42 people.