The Commonweal Trust

Registered charity 1053157 Registered since 1996

Operates: Bradford City

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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.

8 trustees on the board

5y median 3.5y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Dr Ute Kelly since 2020
MS JEN FOX since 2011
Rachel Julian since 2020

7.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

Matthew Kieran Dunne since 2025
Rachel Julian since 2020
Shabina Aslam since 2025

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 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Arts and leisure 2Other services 2Education 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 4 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£11k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Millan Centre 1 shared trustee
The Peace Museum 1 shared trustee
The Peace Museum Trust 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Haybridge High School Association Similar size; both Education
Long Sutton School Parents and Teachers Association Similar size; both Education
Holy Trinity Primary School Parent Teacher Association Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Schools in this trust (1)

The Commonweal SchooliInferred matchLinked by name from public records. No date of birth was available to confirm this link, so this record could belong to a namesake. Company status flags are never shown on inferred matches. Swindon

Compiled from DfE governance records - an inferred connection, not an official Charity Commission or Companies House link. The marked match is a name match only, not yet confirmed.

Contact

Website	https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/
Email	commonweal@riseup.net
Phone	07355 270287
Address	C/O JB PRIESTLEY LIBRARY, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, BRADFORD, BD7 1DP

Finances

£42,795 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£136	£238
2022	£4,544	£238
2023	£5,228	£1,347
2024	£10,973	£4,851
2025	£42,795	£29,174

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A LIBRARY FOR PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AND PROMOTING THE STUDY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF PHILOSOPHY RELIGION POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE,HISTORY,JURISPRUDENCE AND ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES AND OF MANKIND GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY RELATING TO THE SOLVING OF CONFLICT AND THE PROGRESS OF MANKIND TOWARDS NON-VIOLENCE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 21 SEPTEMBER 1963 AS VARIED BY SCHEME DATED 7 JULY 1997 AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 21 JULY 1997

Trustees (8)

8trustees

56median age

0aged 70+

Blessing Onwudiwe since 2025
Dr Ute Kelly since 2020
Heather Blakey
MS Ellie Clement
MS JEN FOX since 2011
Matthew Kieran Dunneage band 35-39 since 2025
Rachel Julianage band 55-59 since 2020
Shabina Aslamage band 60-64 since 2025

Connected charities (4)

Millan Centre 1 shared trustee
The Peace Museum 1 shared trustee
The Peace Museum Trust 1 shared trustee
Mayday Rooms 1 shared trustee

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