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Registered charity · Bristol

Bristol Community FM LTD

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £45k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 5 more
Where
Bristol City
Website
www.bcfmradio.com (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bristol Community FM LTD
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£45k£45k
  • 2024£49k£56k
  • 2023£152k£162k
Earlier years
  • 2022£64k£77k
  • 2021£56k£57k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 18%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF A COMMUNITY RADIO AS A RECREATIONAL FACILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE INHABITANTS OF BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, OR FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTENDING CHARITABLE AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY FESTIVALS ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE UK, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN AUDIO AND GENERAL BROADCASTING SKILLS(3) TO PROMOTE RACIAL HARMONY IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF THE DIVERSITY OF HERITAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY(4) ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE AGREED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION UNDER THE ARTICLES OF THE COMPANY, AND NOTIFIED TO, AND ACCEPTED BY THE CHARITY COMMISSION AS CHARITABLE.

Grants received

13 grants · £296,724 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

Most recent

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.

4 trustees on the board

7y median 6.5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

3
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 4Education/training 4The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Tech and media 3Business services 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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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£45k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1123827
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 28 FEBRUARY 2005 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 12 NOVEMBER 2009
Companies House
Company number 05377534 · Active
Contact on the register
01179113307 · marcus.smith@bcfmradio.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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