The Bristol Collegiate Research Society

Analysis

The Bristol Collegiate Research Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00247572). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Bristol Collegiate Research Society reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £11k (+1.5%), an average of +0.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Bristol Collegiate Research Society sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salesian College PTA (£11k), Richard Wakefield School PTA (£11k) and The Friends of Castlebar (£11k).

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.