BRISTOL PARENT CARERS
Registered charity 1197806 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Bristol Parent Carer Forum
We provide a Parent Carer Forum for Bristol; namely to be an effective strategic voice within Bristol representing families of children and young people 0 to 25 years with disabilities, special educational needs and life-limiting conditions, providing a partner to Statutory and Voluntary Agencies within Bristol.
Objects
TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS, CARERS AND FAMILIES, WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND/OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE BRISTOL AREA, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, PROMOTE THEIR INCLUSION IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND TO HELP AND SUPPORT THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.
Causes: Disability · website · Get email alerts
Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £115,059, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy to hold 3-6 months of expenditure. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £21,243 for the year, driven by a rise in total income to £245,432.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 3-6 months’ expenditure (held: £115k)
“This is in line with our reserves policy to hold 3-6 months’ expenditure in reserve.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
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.
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses 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.
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £170,563 — grants £170,563 (3); 69% of the £245,432 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 9
- Government income: £131,220 — grants £131,220 (3); 79% of the £166,614 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 15
- Government income: £5,892 — grants £5,892 (2); 48% of the £12,332 total gross income on the same return
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
- Elizabeth Newtonchair
- Claire Arnott
- Claire Elizabeth Scaife
- Naomi-Jane Garlick
- Rachel Cartwright
- Rod Mayall
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Bristol City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BRISTOL PARENT CARERS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £115,059, which the trustees confirm is in line with their policy to hold 3-6 months of expenditure. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £21,243 for the year, driven by a rise in total income to £245,432. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds BRISTOL PARENT CARERS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BRISTOL PARENT CARERS as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST.
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