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Creative Opportunities

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1176661BristolPoverty relief
Income£51k2025-03-31
Spending£37ksame year
Spent / received117%5-year average
Size in its cause56th pctPoverty relief
Registered2018CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Creative Opportunities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in January 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Creative Opportunities reported income of £51k and spending of £37k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £51k (+126%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 465%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Creative Opportunities sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The T J Virgo Trust (£51k), Buckinghamshire Masonic Benevolent Fund (£51k) and Clifton Welfare Rights Advice Centre (£51k).

Income and spending

£0£13k£26k£38k£51k2021 Income: £22,6062021 Spending: £46,79920212022 Income: £27,3562022 Spending: £34,51620222023 Income: £36,0002023 Spending: £26,32120232024 Income: £9,0642024 Spending: £25,93120242025 Income: £51,1672025 Spending: £37,1742025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST DISABLED PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED AND WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN AND BECOME EMPLOYED, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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CharityLocationIncome
The T J Virgo TrustBurgess Hill£51k
Buckinghamshire Masonic Benevolent FundBuckinghamshire£51k
Clifton Welfare Rights Advice CentreNottingham£51k
The Relief Society for Poles TrustLondon£51k