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Registered charity · Bristol

Bristol Drugs Project Limited

(1) the relief of poverty, sickness and distress among people affected by the use of alcohol or drugs of any kind or otherwise in need;(2) the advancement of education, training and research arising from the use of alcohol or drugs, together with...

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £5.7m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Bristol City
Website
www.bdp.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bristol Drugs Project Limited
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.7m£5.3m
  • 2024£4.6m£4.6m
  • 2023£4.2m£4.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.8m£3.7m
  • 2021£3.7m£3.6m
Charitable objects

(1) the relief of poverty, sickness and distress among people affected by the use of alcohol or drugs of any kind or otherwise in need;(2) the advancement of education, training and research arising from the use of alcohol or drugs, together with the publication of the results of any such research;(3) the prevention of harm from alcohol or drug use and to make provision for the treatment and care of those affected by alcohol or drug use.

Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

5y median 5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 10Arts and leisure 6Education 5

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 12.4 in 2021

101 from 79 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
93%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
291714
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3RD APRIL 1985 AS AMENDED 5 DECEMBER 1996 as amended on 08 Nov 2022
Companies House
Company number 01902326 · Active
Contact on the register
01179876000 · info@bdp.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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