Registered charity · Bristol
The Bristol Commonwealth Society
The Bristol Commonwealth Society is a registered charity (number 1048637) based in Bristol, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Dr KAY Barnard since 2012. Latest income £65k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £65k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Bath And North East Somerset and more
- Website
- www.bcsbristol.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1995
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£65k£62k
- 2024£112k£176k
- 2023£82k£72k
Earlier years
- 2022£60k£77k
- 2021£65k£51k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 26%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(1) THE CHARITIES OBJECTS (HEREINAFTER CALLED THE OBJECTS) ARE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS THE INCREASE AND SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING THE PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH(2) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING SUB-CLAUSE IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS (BUT NOT OTHERWISE) THE CHARITY MAY:(I) PROVIDE A MEETING PLACE IN BRISTOL FOR ITS MEMBERS(II) MAINTAIN A LIBRARY(III) HOLD MEETINGS AT SUCH INTERVALS AS THEY SHALL DETERMINE FOR THE DISCUSSION OF SUBJECTS OF COMMONWEALTH AND OTHER INTEREST(IV) ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF THE GEOGRAPHY ETHNOLOGY HISTORY LITERATURE ART NATURAL RESOURCES ECONOMICS AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES IN ANY MANNER THAT THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE(V) PROMOTE THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE WAYS OF LIFE IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND ENCOURAGE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS(VI) ENCOURAGE MUTUAL INTEREST IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE(VII) CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS(VIII) USE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE METHOD PROPER TO THE CARRYING OUT OF THE OBJECTS
Grants received
2 grants · £500 total360Giving 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
- Quartet Community Foundation · £500 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Dr KAY Barnard Chair since 2012
- Athanasis Lazarides since 2023
- Janet Mary Kirk since 2019
- Janis Purdy since 2016
- Nicholas Stephen John Watts since 2025
- Robin Danny Elms since 2014
- Sibusiso Tshabalala since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr KAY Barnard Chair since 2012
- Janet Mary Kirk since 2019
- Janis Purdy since 2016
- Robin Danny Elms since 2014
- Sibusiso Tshabalala since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Janet Mary Kirk since 2019
- Janis Purdy since 2016
- Nicholas Stephen John Watts since 2025
- Robin Danny Elms since 2014
- Sibusiso Tshabalala since 2018
Portfolio (2)
- Dr KAY Barnard Chair since 2012
- Athanasis Lazarides since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1048637
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 17/07/1995AS AMENDED ON 10/01/1996AS AMENDED ON 04/03/2008AS AMENDED ON 19/04/2012AS AMENDED ON 18/04/2013 as amended on 19 Apr 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01179734720 · info@bcsbristol.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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