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Registered charity · Somerset

The Community Council for Somerset

The Community Council for Somerset is a registered charity (number 1069260) based in Somerset, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Gary Francis since 2023. Latest income £2.9m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £2.9m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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People on this board also govern

Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.

Public contracts won

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Social Prescribing Link Worker - CCS Buyer: NHS SOMERSET INTEGRATED CARE BOARD Value not published Date not published CPV 85100000 Source: Find a Tender

    Social prescribing is a key part of Universal Personalised Care, connecting people to non-clinical community activities and services that support their social, emotional, and practical wellbeing. Delivered by trained professionals, it offer…

About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Somerset
Website
www.somersetrcc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Community Council for Somerset
Registered
1998

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2.9m£3.2m
  • 2024£2.8m£3.0m
  • 2023£3.1m£3.2m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.6m£2.5m
  • 2021£2.3m£2.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 70% · Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

37 grants · £2,144,190 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

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.

9 trustees on the board

1.9y median 2y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.4y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1069260
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 03541219 · Active
Contact on the register
01823331222 · info@somersetrcc.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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