St George's Bristol

Analysis

St George's Bristol is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02053843). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St George's Bristol reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.1m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, St George's Bristol 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Art Academy (£2.0m), Galapagos Conservation Trust (£2.1m) and Stockton Arts Centre (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 41%, trading 29%, donations and legacies 28% and investments 2.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £41k. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £239k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 60 people.