The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Somerset Community Foundation

Registered charity 1094446 Registered since 2002

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.

10 trustees on the board

4.5y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10Disability 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Other services 12Education 5Health and social care 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£5.6m latest income
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.

1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 0.5 in 2021

18 from 12 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.

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.somersetcf.org.uk
Emailinfo@somersetcf.org.uk
Phone01749344949
AddressYEOMAN HOUSE, THE BATH & WEST SHOWGROUND, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 6QN

Finances

£5,555,102 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,125,039£4,340,067
2022£4,805,580£2,656,835
2023£5,781,122£5,772,993
2024£3,897,208£4,863,984
2025£5,555,102£5,131,943

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArts/culture/heritage/scienceAmateur SportEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA SERVED BY SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE DATE OF INCORPORATION OF THE COMPANY AND IN PARTICULAR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.2. OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHICH ARE IN THE OPINION OF THE DIRECTORS BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY WITH A PREFERENCE FOR THOSE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 10 SEPTEMBER 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 27 OCTOBER 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 JAN 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 DEC 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 MAR 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
62median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Somerset Community Foundation · 04530979 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/09/2002

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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