Hillfields Family and Community Trust

Analysis

Hillfields Family and Community Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2016, 10 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 buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2023, Hillfields Family and Community Trust reported income of £262k and spending of £267k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income grew from £109k to £262k (+142%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Hillfields Family and Community Trust sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Manitha Neyam (£262k), Parkside Pre School (£263k) and JPC Community Farm (£262k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.