Registered charity · Bristol
Bristol Rugby Community Foundation
- 7 trustees
- Income £755k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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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, Disability, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Website
- www.bristolbearsrugby.com/bears-foundation (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bristol Rugby Community Foundation
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£755k£724k
- 2024£647k£621k
- 2023£654k£599k
Earlier years
- 2022£599k£503k
- 2021£405k£396k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND, WALES AND SURROUNDING AREAS.TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BY FACILITATING THE PLAYING OF RUGBY UNION AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND/OR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT AND PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR SPORT, RECREATION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY OF SUCH PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED FOR SUCH ACTIVITIES BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE.TO ADVANCE AND ASSIST THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER PURPOSE CURRENTLY RECOGNISED AS 'CHARITABLE' AND ANY NEW CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO ANOTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
Grants received
9 grants · £210,767 total360Giving 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
- BBC Children in Need · £95,630 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £79,920 (2 grants)
- Veterans Foundation · £29,742
- Quartet Community Foundation · £5,475 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Charles Patrick Russell-Smith Chair since 2010
- Kevin Jones since 2010
- Lauren O'Sullivan since 2026
- Mike Lea since 2015
- Ralph Andrew Constantine Knibbs since 2026
- Thomas Darren Tainton since 2022
- Vicki Long since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Charles Patrick Russell-Smith Chair since 2010
- Kevin Jones since 2010
- Mike Lea since 2015
- Vicki Long since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Charles Patrick Russell-Smith Chair since 2010
- Kevin Jones since 2010
- Lauren O'Sullivan since 2026
- Thomas Darren Tainton since 2022
- Vicki Long since 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Mike Lea since 2015
- Ralph Andrew Constantine Knibbs since 2026
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1137395
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 4 JUNE 2010 as amended on 23 Jul 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 07273748 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01179630684 · info@bristolbearsrugby.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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