Goodwill Children's Homes

Analysis

Goodwill Children's Homes is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Goodwill Children's Homes reported income of £149k and spending of £157k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £144k to £149k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Goodwill Children's Homes sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include King's Church Harrow (£149k), East Durham Circuit of the Methodist Church (£149k) and Vidya Jyoti (£149k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.