John James Bristol Foundation

Analysis

John James Bristol Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, John James Bristol Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £2.9m, spending 212% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £2.2m to £1.4m (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 197% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, John James Bristol Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Givingworks (£1.4m), The Community Council of Shropshire (£1.4m) and South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 82% and donations and legacies 18%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £254k. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 12%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £2.6m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.

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.