TURNAROUND BRISTOL

Registered charity 1206817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TURNAROUND

Turnaround Bristol provides drop-in services to meet basic needs and to support beneficiaries to sustain orimprove their accommodation, to benefit from education and training opportunities and to enable them totransition to the next stage of their life, thrive and fulfil their potential. The charity works in partnership with other providers in Bristol.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY REASON OF HOMELESSNESS OR LIVING IN ADVERSE HOUSING CONDITIONS THROUGH (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY):(A) THE PROVISION OF DROP-IN SERVICES TO MEET BASIC NEEDS AND TO SUPPORT BENEFICIARIES TO SUSTAIN OR IMPROVE THEIR ACCOMMODATION, TO BENEFIT FROM EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ENABLE THEM TO TRANSITION TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR LIFE, THRIVE AND FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL; (B) THE PROVISION OF A TEMPORARY SHELTER AND MOVE-ON ACCOMMODATION;(C) PARTNERSHIP WORKING WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE HOMELESSNESS SECTOR IN BRISTOL.

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

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

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

Latest income
£393k
Latest spending
£170k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended its first financial year with total reserves of £223,083, comprising £150,563 in unrestricted funds and £72,520 in restricted funds. The trustees report a healthy financial position, noting that unrestricted reserves of £65,563 represent approximately three months of anticipated expenditure, which exceeds their policy target of two months. The charity is largely dependent on voluntary funds and grants but has maintained a positive relationship with supporters and partners.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months' forecast operational expenditure (reserves figure: £151k)
“The trustees aim to keep a minimum of two months’ forecast operational expenditure in reserves at all times based on the approved budget for each fiscal year, excluding gifts in kind.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees/key management
“During the year, donations of £360 were received from trustees, key management and related parties.” — page 15
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.

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: 15
  • Government income: £80,875 — grants £80,875 (2); 21% of the £392,623 total gross income on the same return

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Turnaround Bristol (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£393k£170k

Common questions

Is TURNAROUND BRISTOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended its first financial year with total reserves of £223,083, comprising £150,563 in unrestricted funds and £72,520 in restricted funds. The trustees report a healthy financial position, noting that unrestricted reserves of £65,563 represent approximately three months of anticipated expenditure, which exceeds their policy target of two months. The charity is largely dependent on voluntary funds and grants but has maintained a positive relationship with supporters and partners. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TURNAROUND BRISTOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TURNAROUND BRISTOL as a grant recipient include THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE NISBET TRUST, THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MEDLOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE NISBET TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTSFY2025£2kOther Methodist Initiatives

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 CARING IN BRISTOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TURNAROUND BRISTOL£393k—0unclear—no doubt
CARING IN BRISTOL FY2026£1.4m—0within—no doubt
Home-Start Bristol and South Gloucestershire FY2025£337k—0unclear—no doubt
REFUGEE WOMEN OF BRISTOL FY2026£253k——unclear—no doubt
TURNING LIVES AROUND LTD FY2025£8.4m——above—no doubt
TURNING CORNERS FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt

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