Bristol Photographic Society

Analysis

Bristol Photographic Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in July 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02004478). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bristol Photographic Society reported income of £41k and spending of £42k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £25k to £41k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Bristol Photographic Society sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dales Special School Fund (£41k), The Ripon City Festival Trust 1986 (£41k) and Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales (£41k).

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.