Downend Folk House Association

Analysis

Downend Folk House Association 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, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Downend Folk House Association reported income of £119k and spending of £128k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £55k to £119k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Downend Folk House Association sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kathleen Smith Foundation (£119k), The William Leech Foundation Limited - the Charity Trust (£120k) and W Wing Yip and Brothers Foundation (£119k).

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.