Feeding Bristol

Analysis

Feeding Bristol is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 makes grants to organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Feeding Bristol reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.3m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £388k to £1.2m (+221%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Feeding Bristol sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include C.a.s.t. (£1.2m), Crest Waltham Forest (£1.2m) and Aapna Services Limited (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 5.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £994k. Reserves of £39k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.