The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Bridgwater GUY Fawkes Carnival Limited

Registered charity 1120551 Registered since 2007

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.

14 trustees on the board

5.1y median 5.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (14)

14
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Education/training 14General Charitable Purposes 14

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 15Transport 2Construction 1

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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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£362k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
7%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bridgwatercarnival.org.uk
Emailenquiries@bridgwatercarnival.org.uk
Phone01278 428220
AddressThe Carnival Centre, Bridgwater Town Hall, High Street, BRIDGWATER, Somerset, TA6 3AS

Finances

£361,906 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£72,870£68,818
2021£224,955£195,462
2022£399,612£357,397
2023£775,055£314,303
2024£361,906£306,456

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE TOWN OF BRIDGWATER AND ELSEWHERE IN SOMERSET, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE AND DEVELOP PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS WHICH ARE LINKED TO THE ANCIENT TRADITIONAL GUY FAWKES CARNIVAL HELD IN NOVEMBER EACH YEAR IN THE BOROUGH OF BRIDGWATER.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 AUGUST 1989 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 JULY 2007. as amended on 09 Jul 2019

Trustees (14)

14trustees
63median age
5aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bridgwater GUY Fawkes Carnival · 02410415 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 02/08/1989

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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