HELP BRISTOL'S HOMELESS CHARITY

Registered charity 1181386 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We believe that having a home is not an entitlement, it is a RIGHT. Our mission is to change the face of homelessness in Bristol. Through the support of our directors, trustees, volunteers and supporters our vision is to develop a site with thirty containers, converted into self-contained studio flats, providing temporary accommodation until a service user can find a more permanent home.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF BEING HOMELESS IN BRISTOL.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £947,758, which is above the stated policy target of at least £100,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £63,368 for the year, funded by donations and rental income from charitable 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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 29/07/2024, 90 days after the 30/04/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Help Bristol's Homeless (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Centregreat — “Thank you Centregreat for supporting Help Bristol’s Homeless” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~23.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Pugh
• Lisa Saville
• Paul O'Brien
• Richard Davey
• Rodney Wilson
• Thomas Devlin Allen

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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 HELP THE HOMELESS LEICESTER.

• HELP THE HOMELESS LEICESTER income £289k
• CARING IN BRISTOL income £1.4m
• BRISTOL FOLK HOUSE income £1.0m
• THE BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION income £511k
• CHRISTINE'S HOUSING SUPPORT CHARITY income £39k
• AID BOX COMMUNITY income £386k

Side by side with its peers

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