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The Bristol Benevolent Institution

The Bristol Benevolent Institution is a registered charity (number 204592) based in Bristol, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £511k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as BBI (Charity Commission)

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £511k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Bristol Benevolent Institution Corporate Trustee Limited.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
Website
bristolbenevolent.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£511k£629k
  • 2024£394k£853k
  • 2023£437k£743k
Earlier years
  • 2022£542k£689k
  • 2021£637k£620k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£394k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
204592
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND RULES AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED JULY 1982 AND NOVEMBER 1983 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME SEALED 31 JULY 1997 AND AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 15 JUNE 2011. AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26 MAR 2021AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 11 JUN 2021 as amended on 24 Jun 2026
Contact on the register
01172447354 · trustees@bristolbenevolent.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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