Registered charity · Bristol
Brightwell Neurological Support Centre Limited
Brightwell Neurological Support Centre Limited is a registered charity (number 1109459) based in Bristol, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Geoffrey Trevor Mayell since 2022. Latest income £35k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as MS Daystar Appeal (Charity Commission)
- 10 trustees
- Income £35k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Geoffrey Trevor MayellChair · since 2022
- Anthony Malcolm David BirdTrustee · since 2015
- Caroline Blake-SymesTrustee · since 2022
- Charles Vessey EdisTrustee · since 2019
- David Thomas GrantTrustee · since 2023
- Helena Kathrine MarksTrustee · since 2026
- Paul Douglas SpavenTrustee · since 2016
- Roger Durward ForbesTrustee · since 2020
- Steve Martyn CocksTrustee · since 2022
- Tina Louise AshleyTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Somerset, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and more
- Website
- www.thebrightwell.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Brightwell Neurological Support Centre Limited
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£35k£59k
- 2024£21k£20k
- 2023£3k£36k
Earlier years
- 2022£0£44k
- 2021£0£36k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO AID AND IMPROVE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM THE CONDITION OF THOSE SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BY ANY LAWFUL MEANS.
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Geoffrey Trevor Mayell Chair since 2022
- Anthony Malcolm David Bird since 2015
- Caroline Blake-Symes since 2022
- Charles Vessey Edis since 2019
- David Thomas Grant since 2023
- Helena Kathrine Marks since 2026
- Paul Douglas Spaven since 2016
- Roger Durward Forbes since 2020
- Steve Martyn Cocks since 2022
- Tina Louise Ashley since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Anthony Malcolm David Bird since 2015
- Charles Vessey Edis since 2019
- Paul Douglas Spaven since 2016
- Roger Durward Forbes since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Anthony Malcolm David Bird since 2015
- Charles Vessey Edis since 2019
- Paul Douglas Spaven since 2016
- Roger Durward Forbes since 2020
- Steve Martyn Cocks since 2022
Portfolio (5)
- Geoffrey Trevor Mayell Chair since 2022
- Caroline Blake-Symes since 2022
- David Thomas Grant since 2023
- Helena Kathrine Marks since 2026
- Tina Louise Ashley since 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1109459
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/02/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 18/01/2008AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 27/04/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19/01/2016 as amended on 26 Feb 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 05374632 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01454201686 · hello@thebrightwell.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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