PERIOD FRIENDLY PLACES

Registered charity 1192211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the CIO areTo advance the education of the public in the subject of period poverty, dignity, menstrual health and the eradication of period stigma in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by promoting an education programme to support young people with an understanding of the issues around menstruation and menstrual health and To relieve period poverty

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF PERIOD POVERTY, DIGNITY, MENSTRUAL HEALTH AND THE ERADICATION OF PERIOD STIGMA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY PROMOTING AN EDUCATION PROGRAMME TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES AROUND MENSTRUATION AND MENSTRUAL HEALTH ANDTO RELIEVE PERIOD POVERTY, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY THE PROVISION OF FREE PERIOD PRODUCTS VIA COMMUNITY GROUPS, IN CITY CENTRES, AND TO DISADVANTAGED GROUPS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, PERIOD POVERTY REFERS TO THE INABILITY TO AFFORD MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · 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)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£18k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Period Friendly Places reported a total income of £28,355 and total expenditure of £23,931 for the year ending 5th April 2025, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds total funds of £30,528, with unrestricted funds of £6,597, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention regarding the accounts.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 03/04/2024, 58 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 26/06/2023, 141 days after the 05/02/2023 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 — Period Friendly Places (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).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£42k£18k
05/04/2024£3k£4k
05/04/2023£8k£0
05/04/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is PERIOD FRIENDLY PLACES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Period Friendly Places reported a total income of £28,355 and total expenditure of £23,931 for the year ending 5th April 2025, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds total funds of £30,528, with unrestricted funds of £6,597, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PERIOD FRIENDLY PLACES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PERIOD FRIENDLY PLACES as a grant recipient include THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITYFY2024£5kCommunity and social

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/04/2024£20kPeriod Friendly Places: ending period poverty in Bristol

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 ROMODELS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PERIOD FRIENDLY PLACES£42k—0unclear—no doubt
ROMODELS FY2026£200k——unclear—no doubt
WINDSOR & MAIDENHEAD YOUTH AND COMMUNITY COUNSELLING SERVICE FY2026£1.2m—0above—no doubt
GOALS 4 GIRLS CIO FY2025£401k—0unclear—no doubt
PERIOD POWER FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY FIRST (PETERBOROUGH) FY2025£38k—0within—no doubt

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