The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Bristol Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Limited

Registered charity 1104986 Registered since 2004

Operates: Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City, Cameroon, Comoros, Madagascar, Philippines, South Africa, French Polynesia, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal

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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.

12 trustees on the board

5.8y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

16.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (6)

12
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 11Animals 10Environment/conservation/heritage 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Disability 2General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Arts and leisure 19Retail and trade 11Other services 8

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£7.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

0.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.1 in 2020

136 from 201 in 2020
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

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitebristolzoo.org.uk
Emailcompanysecretary@bzsociety.org.uk
Phone01174285301
AddressHollywood Mansion House, Hollywood Lane, BRISTOL, BS10 7TW

Finances

£7,637,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£10,460,000£10,717,000
2021£9,816,000£11,347,000
2022£10,713,000£14,297,000
2023£7,659,000£10,169,000
2024£7,637,000£9,901,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingAnimalsEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE:(A) THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND THE CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND (B) THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 JUNE 2004 AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26 APRIL 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 MAY 2016 as amended on 23 Jun 2022

Trustees (12)

12trustees
64median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Limited · 05154176 · Active

Private Limited Company · incorporated 15/06/2004

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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