SIXTY-ONE

Registered charity 1159302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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.

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Latest income
£348k
Latest spending
£287k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sixty-One (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2025£30kImproving resilience and outcomes for vulnerable people (including children)
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2024£30kWelfare
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2022£30kHealth
JOHN JAMES BRISTOL FOUNDATIONFY2023£30kHealth
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHESFY2023£27kCity and Community Outreach
CHARLES PLATER TRUSTFY2025£26k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUNDFY2025£25kMentorMe ex-prisoner intensive one-to-one mentoring programme
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£15kCore costs
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2025£15kGrants
SOCIETY OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS CIOFY2024£15kGrants
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£10k
Q CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2021£10k
THE FAIRFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2024£10kSupport of the Marginalised
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£7kSmaller Grants
EMMANUEL BRISTOLFY2023£6k
EMMANUEL BRISTOLFY2022£6k
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2023£6kSupport of the Marginalised
EMMANUEL BRISTOLFY2024£5k
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2025£5kSocial Action
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2022£5kSupport of the Marginalised
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITYFY2023£5kUnrestricted Fund Grant
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2022£5kSMALLER GRANTS
THE BURDEN TRUSTFY2025£5kSupport of the Marginalised
THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£5k
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITYFY2022£5kCommunity and social
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELANDFY2023£5kProject Grants
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE G W CADBURY SECTION CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kSocial Welfare and Community
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHESFY2026£5kCity and Community Outreach
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2022£4kTo run MentorMe, a project that brings prisoners and former offenders together with volunteers trained to listen and advise.
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUSTFY2022£3k
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHESFY2025£3kCity and Community Outreach
WOODLANDS GROUP OF CHURCHESFY2024£3kCity and Community Outreach
THE NOEL BUXTON TRUSTFY2025£3kTo support mentoring, educational and rehabilitation services to prisoners and former offenders.
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPSTON AND ST ANDREW, BRISTOLFY2024£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPSTON AND ST ANDREW, BRISTOLFY2022£3k
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£3kCharitable activities
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BISHOPSTON AND ST ANDREW, BRISTOLFY2023£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF REDLAND, BRISTOLFY2024£2kPartnerships
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUSTFY2022£2kSixty-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 TRUSTFY2024£2k
SEEDFIELD TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUSTFY2023£2kSixty-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 TRUSTFY2024£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£25kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund30/08/2023£105kCommunity enabled support for offenders within Greater Bristol.
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2022£10kPrisoner Christmas Gift Project
UK government07/08/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund