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Registered charity · Bristol

The British Empire and Commonwealth Collection

  • 1 trustee
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The City Council of Bristol.

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Bristol City
Website
www.bristolmuseums.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025--
  • 2024--
  • 2023--
Earlier years
  • 2022£157k£160k
  • 2021£157k£157k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 100%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PUBLIC IN BRISTOL AND THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND) IN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH BY THE MAINTENANCE AND EXHIBITION OF A COLLECTION OF WORKS OF ART, ARCHIVES, ARTEFACTS, EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL, STILL AND MOVING IMAGES AND OTHER OTHER ITEMS RELATING TO THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 2 years.
2021
2022
incomespending£157k latest income
75 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1148714
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 02 MAY 2012
Contact on the register
01173525896 · DEVELOPMENT@BRISTOL.GOV.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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