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Registered charity · Bristol

Encounters Festivals LTD

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £3k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.encounters.film (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Encounters Festivals LTD
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3k£13k
  • 2024£202k£231k
  • 2023£363k£398k
Earlier years
  • 2022£342k£375k
  • 2021£372k£316k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MAKING DISTRIBUTION AND EXHIBITION OF FILMS AND OTHER RECORDED PERMANENT OR SEMI-PERMANENT MEDIA WHEREBY SOUND VISION OR BOTH MAY BE COMMUNICATED OR KEPT.

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.

5 trustees on the board

6.4y median 5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

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

Tech and media 5Arts and leisure 1Business services 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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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£3k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
14 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1058603
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION 24 JULY 1996. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 9 JUNE 2005.
Companies House
Company number 03229078 · Active
Contact on the register
01179299188 · hello@encounters.film
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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