The Bristol City Mission Society (Incorporated)

Analysis

The Bristol City Mission Society (Incorporated) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00383681). It says it provides other finance, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bristol City Mission Society (Incorporated) reported income of £177k and spending of £266k, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £185k to £177k (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bristol City Mission Society (Incorporated) sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% 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 Splott Community Volunteers (£177k), Ipswich and Suffolk Bangladeshi Muslim Community Centre and Mosque (£177k) and Adar Charitable Trust (£177k).