BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED

Registered charity 291714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BDP

Provision of information, harm reduction and treatment services for problem drug and alcohol users to enable individuals to achieve independence from drugs and alcohol. Over 4,000 individual adults and young people benefit from the charity's activities in any year.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£5.7m

Latest spending

£5.3m

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £270,058 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £4,340,221. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting nine months of operating costs to ensure service continuity and manage financial risks. Per the auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“Two employees (2024: two) earned a salary in the range of £60,000 - £70,000 per annum.” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“Two employees (2024: two) earned a salary in the range of £60,000 - £70,000 per annum.” — page 33

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 9 months operating costs (held: £4.3m)

“the Board of Trustees has identified the need to retain unrestricted reserves necessary for 9 months operating costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01902326

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Lydia Plant — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

COLTON, Hannah Susan — director, appointed 11/11/2024on trustee list
HANSFORD, Louise — director, appointed 11/11/2024on trustee list
HENDERSON, Graeme — director, appointed 15/01/2024on trustee list
RICE, Terence Owen Anthony — director, appointed 09/11/2021on trustee list
WILKINSON, Moyna Jane — director, appointed 09/11/2021on trustee list
BRADNOCK, David — director, appointed 27/09/2021on trustee list
BARKER, Kerry — director, appointed 19/05/2020on trustee list
PAINE, Rosalind Dorothea — director, appointed 12/03/2019on trustee list
SMYTH, George Thomas, Dr — director, appointed 17/09/2015not on trustee list
LEA, Michael David — director, appointed 08/09/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: Bristol Drugs Project Limited — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 11/02/2013.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£5.7m

Total spending

£5.3m

Cost of raising funds

£19k

Reserves (reported)

£4.3m

Employees

101

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

David Bradnock
Dr Tom Smyth
Hannah Susan Colton
Kerry Barker
Louise Hansford
MICHAEL DAVID LEA · trustee of 3 other charities
Moyna Jane Wilkinson
Professor Graeme Henderson Prof
Rosalind Dorothea Paine
Terence Rice

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£5.7m	£5.3m
31/03/2024	£4.6m	£4.6m
31/03/2023	£4.2m	£4.2m
31/03/2022	£3.8m	£3.7m
31/03/2021	£3.7m	£3.6m

Common questions

Is BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £270,058 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £4,340,221. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting nine months of operating costs to ensure service continuity and manage financial risks. Per the auditors' report, there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE NISBET TRUST, LANGDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2024	£11k
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE NISBET TRUST	FY2021	£10k
LANGDALE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
LANGDALE TRUST	FY2023	£4k
LANGDALE TRUST	FY2024	£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/04/2024	£20k	Lost the Plot
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/07/2022	£8k	BDP New Roots
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/09/2019	£10k	Creative Communities BDP

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
ROSCA TRUST	1	£132k
THE TOY TRUST	1	£86k
THE MACKIE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE ECONOMIST CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£9k
THE MRS SMITH AND MOUNT TRUST	1	£7k
THE GROCERS' CHARITY	1	£5k
SCHRODER CHARITY TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRYNAWEL HOUSE ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHABILITATION CENTRE LTD.

BRYNAWEL HOUSE ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHABILITATION CENTRE LTD income £1.3m
HARM REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL income £1.3m
BAROD PROJECT income £9.7m
ESSENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES income £344k
BUILD ON BELIEF LTD income £1.9m
TAFF BARGOED DEVELOPMENT TRUST LIMITED income £152k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRISTOL DRUGS PROJECT LIMITED	£5.7m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	unclear	—	no doubt
BRYNAWEL HOUSE ALCOHOL AND DRUG REHABILITATION CENTRE LTD FY2025	£1.3m	—	1	unclear	—	no doubt
HARM REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL FY2024	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BAROD PROJECT FY2025	£9.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ESSENTIAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL SERVICES FY2025	£344k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BUILD ON BELIEF LTD FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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