THE BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION

Registered charity 204592 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BBI

To provide support to those less fortunate than many in the Bristol area by provision of grants and interest free loans, as well as contact and advice through regular visitation.

Objects

TO AFFORD RELIEF, EITHER FINANCIAL AND/OR PASTORAL, TO RESPECTABLE PERSONS OF EITHER SEX WHO HAVE BY FORCE OR CIRCUMSTANCES BEEN REDUCED TO COMPARATIVE POVERTY, AND HAVE BECOME BY REASON OF INFIRMITY OR AGE INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING FOR THEMSELVES. THE RELIEF GRANTED BY THE CHARITY SHALL BE GRANTED TO SUCH APPLICANTS AS MAY BE SELECTED IN ANY MANNER AUTHORISED BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE INSTITUTION.

Area of benefit: 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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £936,910, which the trustees consider adequate to cover charitable and governance expenditure as well as loan advances. The charity holds total net assets of £15,401,630, comprising significant permanent and expendable endowment funds alongside unrestricted reserves. The trustees have confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by SUMER AUDITCO LIMITED. 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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 11.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRISTOL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION CORPORATE TRUSTEE LIMITED

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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• HELP BRISTOL'S HOMELESS CHARITY income £551k
• BRISTOL CHARITIES income £2.9m
• LLOYD'S BENEVOLENT FUND income £425k
• BILL BROWN'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT OF 1989 income £623k
• BARON DAVENPORT'S CHARITY CIO income £192k
• THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £430k

Side by side with its peers

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