The Anchor Society CIO

Analysis

The Anchor Society CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Anchor Society CIO reported income of £483k and spending of £378k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £189k to £483k (+156%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Anchor Society CIO sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland (£483k), The Midlands International Buddhist Association in the UK (£483k) and Metabolic Support (£482k).