THE NISBET TRUST

Registered charity 1143496 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NISBET CHARITABLE TRUST, NISBET FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Makes single and multi-year grants to charitable organisations in Greater Bristol. Guidelines and an application form are available from the trust website.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.0m

Latest spending

£2.9m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £586,179 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £926,412 from £1,512,591 in the previous year. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from Key West (Holdings) Ltd, a company where trustees Mr A Nisbet, Mrs A M Nisbet, Mr J P Nisbet and Miss E R Nisbet are directors and shareholders.

“The charity received donations in the year of £2,500,000 (2023: £2,500,000) from Key West (Holdings) Ltd. Mr A Nisbet, Mrs A M Nisbet, Mr J P Nisbet and Miss E R Nisbet are directors and shareholders of that company.” — page 20

“The charity awarded grants of £nil (2023: £265,000) to The Bristol Music Trust. Mr A Nisbet is a former trustee of this charity.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants awarded to The Bristol Music Trust, where trustee Mr A Nisbet is a former trustee.

“The charity received donations in the year of £2,500,000 (2023: £2,500,000) from Key West (Holdings) Ltd. Mr A Nisbet, Mrs A M Nisbet, Mr J P Nisbet and Miss E R Nisbet are directors and shareholders of that company.” — page 20

“The charity awarded grants of £nil (2023: £265,000) to The Bristol Music Trust. Mr A Nisbet is a former trustee of this charity.” — page 20

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Simpkins Edwards Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£3.0m

Total spending

£2.9m

Reserves (reported)

£1.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW NISBETchair
ANNE MARIE NISBET
EMILY ROSE NISBET
Henry Louis Michael Bothamley
JOSEPH NISBET
ZOE JULIE JOYNER

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£3.0m	£2.9m
31/12/2024	£2.5m	£3.1m
31/12/2023	£2.5m	£2.1m
31/12/2022	£2.0m	£1.7m
31/12/2021	£1.5m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is THE NISBET TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £586,179 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £926,412 from £1,512,591 in the previous year. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Simpkins Edwards Audit LLP.

Who funds THE NISBET TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NISBET TRUST as a grant recipient include UNSEEN (UK).

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
UNSEEN (UK)	FY2025	£15k	General

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SF FOUNDATION	1	£445k
ARDINA LIMITED	1	£216k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£181k
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER	1	£181k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£180k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£115k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£105k
OLLINGHAM LIMITED	1	£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY.

THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £430k
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST income £190k
THE NESBITT-CLELAND TRUST income £174k
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD income £175k
YESBE LIMITED income £330k
THE BRISTOL CHILDREN'S HELP SOCIETY income £280k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NISBET TRUST	£3.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY FY2025	£430k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TRUST FY2024	£190k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NESBITT-CLELAND TRUST FY2025	£174k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
YESBE LIMITED FY2025	£330k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.