The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Community Council for Somerset

Registered charity 1069260 Registered since 1998

Operates: Somerset

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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.

9 trustees on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Amateur Sport 1Other Charitable Purposes 1Recreation 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.

Tech and media 7Other services 4Education 3

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£2.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.7 in 2021

95 from 78 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.
87%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.somersetrcc.org.uk
Emailinfo@somersetrcc.org.uk
Phone01823331222
AddressThe Community Council For Somerset, Fitzwarren House, Queen Street, TAUNTON, Somerset, TA1 3UG

Finances

£2,885,266 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,340,523£2,286,071
2022£2,583,523£2,491,113
2023£3,096,678£3,205,243
2024£2,769,800£3,040,606
2025£2,885,266£3,159,031

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COUNTY OF SOMERSET AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISABILITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 APR 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 SEP 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 DEC 2020

Trustees (9)

9trustees
64median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Community Council for Somerset · 03541219 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 01/04/1998

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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