BRISTOL OLDER PEOPLE'S FORUM

Registered charity 1162616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOPF

Bristol Older People's Forum is a member-led organisation (circa 3000 members). Our aims are shaped around support, empowerment and challenging ageism. We enable older people to have a direct say in policy and decision-making around identified priorities including: isolation and loneliness and mental and physical well-being. ACTIVITIES include: Open Forums, Newsletters, Workshops and Research.

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Latest income

£94k

Latest spending

£94k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £31,679, comprising £13,679 in general funds and £18,000 in designated funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three months' expenditure, which is met by the designated exit strategy reserve. The charity reports a small surplus and confirms it remains a going concern due to secured long-term funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £32k; policy: three months' expenditure)

“At present there is a designated reserve for an exit strategy of £18,000, which is approximately three months’ expenditure.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees received travel expenses

“Two Trustee received £152 for travel expenses for the furtherance of the CIO's charitable objects during the year (2023-24 £84 to one trustee). There were no other related party transactions during the year.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Beryl Eileen Means
Christina Mary Stokes
David Ian Jepson
David Robert Elson
GLORIA MORRIS
Helena Milton-Thompson · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanne Goldsworthy Hesketh
Lyn Mitchell Porter · trustee of 2 other charities
Nigel Geoffrey Varley
Pat Foster
Patricia Ann Mensah
Shelley Margaret Lanchbury
Taramati Mistry

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 end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£94k	£94k
31/03/2024	£98k	£88k
31/03/2023	£95k	£65k
31/03/2022	£41k	£53k
31/03/2021	£58k	£58k

Common questions

Is BRISTOL OLDER PEOPLE'S FORUM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £31,679, comprising £13,679 in general funds and £18,000 in designated funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three months' expenditure, which is met by the designated exit strategy reserve. The charity reports a small surplus and confirms it remains a going concern due to secured long-term funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/08/2022	£10k	Platform60