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Registered charity · Bristol

The Bristol Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Limited

The Bristol Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Limited is a registered charity (number 1104986) based in Bristol, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £7.6m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as Bristol Zoo Gardens (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £7.6m (2024)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City, Cameroon and more
Website
bristolzoo.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society Limited
Registered
2004

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£7.6m£9.9m
  • 2023£7.7m£10m
  • 2022£11m£14m
Earlier years
  • 2021£9.8m£11m
  • 2020£10m£11m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

Grants received

10 grants · £421,944 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

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £349,070 (5 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £47,000
  • OVO Foundation · £20,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £5,374
  • Quartet Community Foundation · £500 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £8,2632023-08-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £21,7372023-08-01
  • Quartet Community Foundation £2502022-06-13
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £114,6202022-06-01
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs £111,8992022-06-01
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.

12 trustees on the board

5.8y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1104986
Status
Registered
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
Companies House
Company number 05154176 · Active
Contact on the register
01174285301 · companysecretary@bzsociety.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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