FROM BRISTOL WITH LOVE

Registered charity 1175369 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Poverty relief and educational activities for disadvantaged groups in Romania

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN ROMANIA.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£70k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating profit of £2,024 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total turnover of £70,076. The trustees report that the charity does not hold reserves, stating there is 'no need for reserves' because it has no running costs, and confirms there are no concerns regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Donation Received 68,565”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“We do not hold reserves” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2025 (received 03/08/2026, 34 days after the 30/06/2026 due date); year ending 31/08/2024 (received 24/07/2025, 24 days after the 30/06/2025 due date); year ending 31/08/2023 (received 11/10/2024, 103 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 04/08/2023, 35 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 01/07/2022, 1 day after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Romania

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£70k£68k
31/08/2024£60k£4k
31/08/2023£113k£9k
31/08/2022£78k£65k
31/08/2021£5k£5k

Common questions

Is FROM BRISTOL WITH LOVE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating profit of £2,024 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total turnover of £70,076. The trustees report that the charity does not hold reserves, stating there is 'no need for reserves' because it has no running costs, and confirms there are no concerns regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FROM BRISTOL WITH LOVE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FROM BRISTOL WITH LOVE as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, WESTBURY-ON-TRYM.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, WESTBURY-ON-TRYMFY2023£112Overseas mission and Charities

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Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AID CARE TRAINING AND SUPPLIES TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FROM BRISTOL WITH LOVE£70k—0below—no doubt
AID CARE TRAINING AND SUPPLIES TRUST FY2025£62k—0above—no doubt
FROM BABIES WITH LOVE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
ROMANIAN WOOFERS NEED YOU FY2026£207k—0unclear—no doubt
PCF ROMANIA PROJECTS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£32k—0unclear—no doubt
BIG LOVE CHARITY FY2026£141k—0unclear—no doubt

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