The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Avon and Somerset Constabulary Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 1085497 Registered since 2001

Operates: Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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Board DNA

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11
trustees on the board
3.8y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
5.7y
average years in governance
11 vs 0 portfolio
first-time trustees
6
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 11

Commercial experience

Other services 7Arts and leisure 1

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Contact

EmailBenevolentfund@avonandsomerset.police.uk
Phone07889659855
AddressAvon & Somerset Police Authority, Valley Road, Portishead, BRISTOL, BS20 8JJ

Finances

£26,482 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£39,156£34,642
2021£33,830£24,260
2022£37,373£59,131
2023£45,907£55,539
2024£26,482£112,483

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Other Finance

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are the prevention or relief of poverty, suffering, distress, ill-health or financial hardship amongst the Beneficiaries, in particular but not exclusively by providing grants, loans and/or or such other financial assistance and support to those individuals in such ways as the Trustees see fit from time to time.[Relevant definitions: ‘Beneficiary’ and ‘Beneficiaries’ means the individual or individuals who qualify as beneficiaries of the Charity in accordance with the Objects, namely:(i) serving members of the Constabulary (each a Serving Member) and pensioned members of the Constabulary or of the Former Police Forces (each a Retired Member);(ii) any spouse, or civil partner (as such term is defined in section 350 of the Charities Act 2011) or any widow or widower of a Serving Member or a Retired Member; (iii) any other person who in the opinion of the Trustees is wholly or partly dependant of a Serving Member or a Retired Member; and(iv) such other categories of persons closely connected to the Constabulary which the Trustees shall from time to time determine;‘the Constabulary’ means the Avon and Somerset Constabulary;‘Former Police Forces’ means the following former police constabularies:(i) Bath City Police; (ii) Bristol Constabulary; (iii) Somerset Constabulary; and(iv) Somerset and Bath Constabulary;]

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 SEPTEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2001. as amended on 17 May 2023

Trustees (11)

11trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Avon and Somerset Constabulary Benevolent Fund · 03837167 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 07/09/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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