Registered charity · Bath
Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association
Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association is a registered charity (number 1090914) based in Bath, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Toni Swaby since 2024. Latest income £157k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
3.1 The charity’s objects (the objects) are(a) The relief of people in need in particular but not exclusively people who are African, Asian, African Caribbean, Chinese and from other ethnic minority groups within the area of Bath and North East...
- 5 trustees
- Income £157k (2025)
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Who leads it
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
- Where
- Bath And North East Somerset
- Website
- www.bemsca.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£157k£120k
- 2024£116k£156k
- 2023£155k£165k
Earlier years
- 2022£154k£121k
- 2021£96k£73k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
3.1 The charity’s objects (the objects) are(a) The relief of people in need in particular but not exclusively people who are African, Asian, African Caribbean, Chinese and from other ethnic minority groups within the area of Bath and North East Somerset (hereinafter called the Area of Benefit), by advancing education and providing facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objects of improving the conditions of life of the said inhabitants; and(b) The advancement of education, protection of health and the relief of poverty sickness and distress of people within the Area of Benefit.
Grants received
15 grants · £741,402 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £579,962 (3 grants)
- Postcode Local Trust · £75,000 (2 grants)
- Quartet Community Foundation · £72,190 (8 grants)
- Sport England · £11,800
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,450
Most recent
- Postcode Local Trust
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
- Toni Swaby Chair since 2024
- Brenda Mcfarquhar since 2023
- Celia Mead since 2024
- Lizandra Williams-Alexander since 2023
- Lois Francis since 2023
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Toni Swaby Chair since 2024
- Brenda Mcfarquhar since 2023
- Lizandra Williams-Alexander since 2023
- Lois Francis since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Celia Mead since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1090914
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- REVISED CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 8 FEBRUARY 2002 as amended on 07 Feb 2026
- Contact on the register
- 01225464165 · admin@bemsca.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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