Wellspring Settlement

Registered charity 1103139 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARTON HILL SETTLEMENT, THE SETTLEMENT

The charity provides a range of centre based and outreach services from the centre's site in Barton Hill, in Bristol.Key projects deliver services to support local families and young children and support for local community activities to promote community cohesion and engagement. The Settlement manages a hub of agencies on its site and offers rooms for training.

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE RESIDENTS OF BARTON HILL, REDFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL AND THE ADJOINING NEIGHBOURHOOD (HEREAFTER CALLED THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT') WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND RESIDENTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID RESIDENTS;(B) TO ESTABLISH OR TO SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AT BARTON HILL (HEREINAFTER CALLED 'THE CENTRE') AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY PARTNER ORGANISATION IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: THE RESIDENTS OF BARTON HILL, READFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL AND ADJOINING NEIGHBOURHOOD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported total income of £2,461,343 and total expenditure of £1,771,482, resulting in a net movement in funds of £689,861. Total funds carried forward were £4,997,693, significantly exceeding the stated reserves policy target of £146,000. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05031499

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CAMERON, Ewan Charles Adam — director, appointed 04/06/2025on trustee list
• WITHINGTON, Jacob — director, appointed 05/03/2025on trustee list
• PURKHARDT, Emily — director, appointed 14/01/2025on trustee list
• MORGAN, Hollie — director, appointed 13/03/2024on trustee list
• ASKAR, Abdi-Salam Aden, Dr — director, appointed 25/01/2022not on trustee list
• JOSLIN, Anne Elizabeth — director, appointed 12/12/2019on trustee list
• MONAGHAN, Gerry — director, appointed 12/12/2019on trustee list
• FARAH, Abdullahi — director, appointed 20/11/2018on trustee list
• BEE, William John — director, appointed 23/01/2012on trustee list
• WILSON, Elizabeth Catherine — secretary, appointed 07/12/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £270k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/05/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hollie Morganchair
• Abdi -Salam Askar
• Abdullahi Farah
• Anne Joslin
• Emily Purkhardt
• Ewan Cameron · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gerry Monaghan
• Jacob Withington
• Steffi Calderbank
• WILLIAM BEE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELLSPRING FAMILY CENTRE.

• WELLSPRING FAMILY CENTRE income £175k
• Wellspring Church Leicester income £353k
• Wellspring income £31k
• Wellsprings Community Church income £181k
• THE WELLSPRING FAMILY CHURCH DEREHAM income £283k
• BLESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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