Bristol City of Sanctuary

Analysis

Bristol City of Sanctuary is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bristol City of Sanctuary reported income of £180k and spending of £118k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £35k to £180k (+411%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bristol City of Sanctuary sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Harmony Youth Project (£180k), Mums in Need (£180k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, South Merstham (£180k).