SIXTY-ONE
Sixty-One is a partnership of Bristol based charities, churches, businesses and individuals who have come together to work co-operatively to help ex-prisoners lead meaningful lives that are free from crime. As charity in its own right it also runs its own projects through employed staff.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £211,890, which the trustees describe as 'slightly above the anticipated expenditure for the first 6 months of 2026' and 'healthy'. The charity reports a net income increase to £61,048 and notes that its financial stability has been maintained for the last decade through voluntary funds.
What the accounts disclose
Trustees
- ANDREW STREETchair
- ANDREW SIMON WOOD
- Folake Mobolati Adekola
- JOHN EDWARD BARNETT
- Kendia Rebecca Thevanesan
- PATRICIA ALEXANDRA SYKES
- PAUL HEDLEY TIPLER
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2025 | £348k | £287k |
| 31/12/2024 | £314k | £274k |
| 31/12/2023 | £256k | £247k |
| 31/12/2022 | £243k | £216k |
| 31/12/2021 | £174k | £185k |
Common questions
Is SIXTY-ONE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £211,890, which the trustees describe as 'slightly above the anticipated expenditure for the first 6 months of 2026' and 'healthy'. The charity reports a net income increase to £61,048 and notes that its financial stability has been maintained for the last decade through voluntary funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds SIXTY-ONE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name SIXTY-ONE as a grant recipient include JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION, WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES, CHARLES PLATER TRUST, DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND, SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION | FY2025 | £30k | Improving resilience and outcomes for vulnerable people (including children) |
| JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION | FY2024 | £30k | Welfare |
| JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £30k | Health |
| JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATION | FY2023 | £30k | Health |
| WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES | FY2023 | £27k | City and Community Outreach |
| CHARLES PLATER TRUST | FY2025 | £26k | |
| DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND | FY2025 | £25k | MentorMe ex-prisoner intensive one-to-one mentoring programme |
| SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO | FY2024 | £15k | Core costs |
| THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £15k | |
| SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO | FY2025 | £15k | Grants |
| SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIO | FY2024 | £15k | Grants |
| THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | |
| THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2021 | £10k | |
| Q CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | |
| THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £10k | |
| THE NISBET TRUST | FY2021 | £10k | |
| THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £10k | |
| THE BURDEN TRUST | FY2024 | £10k | Support of the Marginalised |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | FY2024 | £7k | Smaller Grants |
| EMMANUEL BRISTOL | FY2023 | £6k | |
| EMMANUEL BRISTOL | FY2022 | £6k | |
| THE BURDEN TRUST | FY2023 | £6k | Support of the Marginalised |
| EMMANUEL BRISTOL | FY2024 | £5k | |
| W F SOUTHALL TRUST | FY2025 | £5k | Social Action |
| THE BURDEN TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | Support of the Marginalised |
| THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY | FY2023 | £5k | Unrestricted Fund Grant |
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | SMALLER GRANTS |
| THE BURDEN TRUST | FY2025 | £5k | Support of the Marginalised |
| THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £5k | |
| THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY | FY2022 | £5k | Community and social |
| WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND | FY2023 | £5k | Project Grants |
| THE NISBET TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | |
| THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £5k | |
| THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £5k | Social Welfare and Community |
| WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES | FY2026 | £5k | City and Community Outreach |
| THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST | FY2022 | £4k | To run MentorMe, a project that brings prisoners and former offenders together with volunteers trained to listen and advise. |
| SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST | FY2022 | £3k | |
| WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES | FY2025 | £3k | City and Community Outreach |
| WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHES | FY2024 | £3k | City and Community Outreach |
| THE NOEL BUXTON TRUST | FY2025 | £3k | To support mentoring, educational and rehabilitation services to prisoners and former offenders. |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPSTON AND ST ANDREW, BRISTOL | FY2024 | £3k | |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPSTON AND ST ANDREW, BRISTOL | FY2022 | £3k | |
| THE ARCHER TRUST | FY2023 | £3k | Charitable activities |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPSTON AND ST ANDREW, BRISTOL | FY2023 | £3k | |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF REDLAND, BRISTOL | FY2024 | £2k | Partnerships |
| THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST | FY2022 | £2k | Sixty-One is a partnership of Bristol based charities, churches, businesses and individuals who have come together to work co-operatively to help ex-prisoners l |
| THE ARCHER TRUST | FY2024 | £2k | |
| SEEDFIELD TRUST | FY2025 | £2k | |
| THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST | FY2023 | £2k | Sixty-One is a partnership of Bristol-based charities, churches, businesses, and individuals who have come together to work co-operatively to help ex-prisoners |
| THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2024 | £2k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcode Lottery | 28/06/2024 | £25k | Unrestricted Funding |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/08/2023 | £105k | Community enabled support for offenders within Greater Bristol. |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 15/08/2022 | £10k | Prisoner Christmas Gift Project |
| UK government | 07/08/2020 | £9k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |