BRISTOL SCHOOLS CONNECTION

Registered charity 1162067 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BSC

Providing support for spiritual development and pastoral care to students, school staff and families thus impacting positively upon the school communityEnabling safe and imaginative spiritual development and learning opportunities for all ages within school and informal church contextsWorking with churches and schools to connect the life of the two communities to their mutual benefit

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Latest income

£40k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £8,200 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Free reserves stood at £27,000, which the trustees consider reasonable and represent 150% of their stated target of £18,000. The charity remains reliant on ongoing financial gifts from individuals, trusts, and churches to fund its activities.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (31/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

TONY MILESchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Emelye Margaret Chanot
Jonathan Hogg
Sally Jane Martin
WENDY JANE MASSEY

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£40k	£32k
31/08/2024	£30k	£34k
31/08/2023	£30k	£31k
31/08/2022	£32k	£36k
31/08/2021	£35k	£32k

Common questions

Is BRISTOL SCHOOLS CONNECTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £8,200 for the year ended 31 August 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Free reserves stood at £27,000, which the trustees consider reasonable and represent 150% of their stated target of £18,000. The charity remains reliant on ongoing financial gifts from individuals, trusts, and churches to fund its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRISTOL SCHOOLS CONNECTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRISTOL SCHOOLS CONNECTION as a grant recipient include THE BURDEN TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CLIFTON, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

ANTHONY CROFTON MILES — trustee here and at THE BURDEN TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BURDEN TRUST	FY2024	£105k	Organisations for Care and Training of Young People
THE BURDEN TRUST	FY2025	£8k	Organisations for Care and Training of Young People
THE BURDEN TRUST	FY2023	£8k	Support of the Marginalised
THE BURDEN TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Organisations for Care and Training of Young People
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CLIFTON	FY2021	£5k	Heart for the city
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CLIFTON	FY2024	£4k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CLIFTON	FY2023	£4k	Heart for the city
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH CLIFTON	FY2022	£4k	Heart for the city
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. STEPHEN, SOUNDWELL, BRISTOL	FY2025	£500	Grant