Financial health, funding pressures, and how income is changing across the sector.
42%
Positive outlook
expect finances to improve
4.6 mo
Median reserves
months of expenditure covered
85%
Hold reserves
of organisations
80%
Multi-year funding
have at least some multi-year income
How to use this dashboard
What you’re looking at
This is the State of the Sector dashboard for Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire, built by the VCSE Observatory for the VCSE Alliance. Each page summarises survey responses from local VCSE organisations — headline indicators first, then charts.
Moving around
Use the sidebar (or the menu button on a phone) to switch between Respondents profile, Finance, Workforce, Demand, Wellbeing and Partnerships.
Filters stay applied when you change page.
Home and Insights Report links are in the sidebar footer.
Filters
Open Filters to narrow by organisation size, area, legal form, main activity and more.
Within a filter, selecting several options means “any of these”. Across filters, selections combine (AND).
If a combination leaves fewer than 10 organisations, it won’t apply — widen or clear filters.
When a chart’s categories match a filter (e.g. organisation size), the full distribution stays visible and your selection is highlighted in green.
Charts
Hover a bar or slice for percentage, option count and how many answered.
Use the chart buttons to switch orientation or download a PNG.
Downloaded charts include a VCSE Observatory source line, a faint watermark, and any filters you applied.
Use PDF to export this page, all pages, or a custom mix of KPIs and charts.
Shortcuts
T — start the interactive tour
? — open this help panel
Esc — close tour, help or filters
Export to PDF
Choose what to include in your PDF. Charts and KPIs use the filters currently applied.
