Donate




0117 930 0301

Bristol Charities logo
  • Home
  • Hubs
    • Stockwood Community Hub
    • Vassall Community Hub
  • Housing
    • Barstaple House
    • Cwrt Williams Jones
    • Haberfield House
    • John Foster’s House
    • Latest Almshouse Vacancies
    • Residents Information
    • History of Almshouses
  • VCSE Support
    • Affordable Workspaces
    • Bristol Education Partnership
  • Grants
    • Grants for Individuals
    • Online Portal for Registered Sponsors
    • Registering as an Approved Sponsor
    • Suppliers and Catalogues
  • About
    • News
    • Get Involved
      • Volunteer for Bristol Charities
      • Careers
    • History of Bristol Charities
    • History of Grant Giving Charities
    • Our Team
    • Our Patron and Trustees
    • Annual Reports
    • Donate
  • Contact

History of Bristol Charities

Bristol Charities came into being as a result of the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act and the Trustees adminster those charities that, prior the Act, were under the control of the Corporation of Bristol.

  • What We Do
  • Get Involved
  • Volunteer for Bristol Charities
  • Careers
  • Donate
  • News
  • History of Bristol Charities
  • History of Grant Giving Charities
  • Our Team
  • Our Patron and Trustees
  • Annual Reports
Bristol Charities Timeline

For more information on the history of Bristol Charities’ grant giving charities and almshouses, please see:

History of Almshouses
History of Grant Giving Charities
  • What We Do
  • Get Involved
  • Volunteer for Bristol Charities
  • Careers
  • Donate
  • News
  • History of Bristol Charities
  • History of Grant Giving Charities
  • Our Team
  • Our Patron and Trustees
  • Annual Reports




0117 930 0301



The Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Bristol, BS16 2QQ

  • Follow
  • Follow
Accommodation
  • Housing Overview
  • Barstaple, Brentry
  • John Foster’s, Henbury
  • Cwrt William Jones, Monmouth
  • Haberfield House, Stockwood
  • Latest Almshouse Vacancies
  • Residents Information
  • History of Almshouses
  • Housing Complaints
Grant giving
  • Grant Giving Overview
  • Grants for Individuals
  • Registering as an Approved Sponsor
  • Suppliers and Catalogues
  • Online Portal for Registered Sponsors
About us
  • News
  • What We Do
  • Get Involved
  • Contact Us
  • Complaints and Feedback
  • Careers
Travelling to the Vassall Centre

Information

Company No: 5402303
Charity No: 1109141
National Association of Almshouses Membership No: 177
Regulator of Social Housing Registration No: A0072
Registered Office: The Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Bristol, BS16 2QQ

Cyber Essentials Plus logo
Mindful Employer logo
Website powered by green energy
© Copyright 2025 Bristol Charities - a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales.

Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy | Data Protection Policy

Manage Cookie Consent

We use cookies and similar technologies to process your data and improve your experience. You can manage your preferences, though this may limit site functionality.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}