CITY CHURCH BRISTOL

Registered charity 1156712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH, BRIDGE COMMUNITY CHURCH BRISTOL

City Church currently meets on three sites each Sunday morning to worship God and expound the bible. All sites run children's activities. The church runs groups for worship, prayer and bible study, a youth group and a toddler group called Little Elms. Various training courses are run periodically. The church is also involved in the StreetLife project.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£683k

Latest spending

£665k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £11,525 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £481,273. Per the trustees' report, these reserves meet the stated policy target of holding approximately three months' salary expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“One member of staff received salaries between £60,000 and £70,000 (2024: nil).” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One member of staff received salaries between £60,000 and £70,000 (2024: nil).” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Donations (86% of income)

“Unrestricted income (included associated Gift Aid) during the year totalled £614,890. Most of the income was from gifts from church members, supporters and associated gift aid receipts.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months' salary expenditure (held: £481k)

“The Trustees aim to hold reserves equal to approximately three months’ salary expenditure; this was achieved throughout this reporting period.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Sarah Todd, spouse of trustee Nicholas Todd, received £9,014 for administrative services.

“Sarah Todd, who is married to Nicholas Todd, a trustee, received employment benefits totalling £9,014 (2024: £7,734) for providing administrative services to the charity.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — City Church Bristol (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£683k

Total spending

£665k

Reserves (reported)

£73k

Employees

9

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (16/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (09/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (13/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

NICHOLAS DAVID TODDchair
LLoyd Maynard
Rachel Donne-Davis
Samuel Dalziel
Sarah Gillian Evens

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£683k	£665k
31/08/2024	£603k	£588k
31/08/2023	£641k	£541k
31/08/2022	£543k	£454k
31/08/2021	£441k	£367k

Common questions

Is CITY CHURCH BRISTOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted surplus of £11,525 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £481,273. Per the trustees' report, these reserves meet the stated policy target of holding approximately three months' salary expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of CITY CHURCH BRISTOL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds CITY CHURCH BRISTOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITY CHURCH BRISTOL as a grant recipient include WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES	FY2026	£3k	City and Community Outreach

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
THE JOSEPH RANK TRUST	1	£65k
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW LIFE CHURCH BRISTOL.

NEW LIFE CHURCH BRISTOL income £104k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB, BRISTOL income £281k
LIFESPRING CHURCH income £1.2m
City Life Church Truro income £238k
CITY LIFE CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON income £1.3m
CITY CHURCH NEWCASTLE income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CITY CHURCH BRISTOL	£683k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	—	no doubt
NEW LIFE CHURCH BRISTOL FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILIP AND ST JACOB, BRISTOL FY2025	£281k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LIFESPRING CHURCH FY2024	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
City Life Church Truro FY2025	£238k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CITY LIFE CHURCH SOUTHAMPTON FY2024	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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