The Bristol Reggae Orchestra

Analysis

The Bristol Reggae Orchestra is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Bristol Reggae Orchestra reported income of £24k and spending of £26k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £8,610 to £24k (+176%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 283%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Bristol Reggae Orchestra sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Drandjeaw Charitable Trust (£24k), Neuadd Goffa Penrhyndeudraeth (£24k) and Friends of Joy Goat Development Programme Uganda (£24k).