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Registered charity · Bristol

BS3 Community Development

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £2.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science and 4 more
Where
Bristol City
Website
www.bs3community.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
BS3 Community Development
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.6m£2.6m
  • 2024£2.2m£2.3m
  • 2023£2.2m£2.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.0m£1.9m
  • 2021£2.1m£1.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 35% · Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

I) TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS, AND THOSE WORKING IN OR FREQUENTING THE NEIGHBOURHOODS COMPRISING THE POSTAL DISTRICT BS3 (HEREINAFTER CALLED “THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATION OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THOSE WORKING IN OR FREQUENTING THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (II) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNITY CENTRES AND OTHER FACILITIES AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH FACILITIES FOR ACTIVITIES PROPOSED BY THE CHARITY AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITY’S CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Grants received

31 grants · £860,710 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Power to Change Trust · £555,375 (4 grants)
  • Quartet Community Foundation · £105,267 (15 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £75,610 (8 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £73,416
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £49,900

Most recent

  • Quartet Community Foundation £5822025-08-12
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-10-10
  • Sport England £5712024-03-18
  • Department for Culture, Media & Sport £5712024-03-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002023-06-09
Board analysis

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.

13 trustees on the board

3.2y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

11
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 13General Charitable Purposes 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13

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 11Utilities 3Arts and leisure 1

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£2.6m latest income
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.

1.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 3.5 in 2021

97 from 86 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.
38%
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
1000544
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24TH SEPTEMBER 1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22 JAN 2018
Companies House
Company number 02542176 · Active
Contact on the register
01179231039 · info@bs3community.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
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