Bristol Drugs Project Limited

Analysis

Bristol Drugs Project Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01902326). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bristol Drugs Project Limited reported income of £5.7m and spending of £5.3m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3.7m to £5.7m (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bristol Drugs Project Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pendleside Hospice (£5.7m), Wirrelderly (£5.7m) and Hospice of St Mary of Furness (£5.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.3%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.3%. Reserves of £4.3m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 101 people.