Registered charity (CIO) · Cheltenham
Bulgarian-British Foundation "ST George"
Bulgarian-British Foundation "ST George" is a registered charity (number 1164441) based in Cheltenham, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Dr Malinka Vrabtcheva Mrca since 2019. Latest income £97k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as BBF "ST George" (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £97k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training
- Where
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset and more
- Website
- bulgarianbritishfoundationstgeorge.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£97k£83k
- 2024£96k£103k
- 2023£93k£86k
Earlier years
- 2022£60k£73k
- 2021£34k£46k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE BULGARIAN LANGUAGE AND THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND CULTURE OF BULGARIA.2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN THE BULGARIAN COMMUNITY WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN.3. TO PROMOTE BULGARIAN CULTURE AND HERITAGE BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN TRADITIONAL BULGARIAN FOLK DANCE CLASSES4. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Dr Malinka Vrabtcheva Mrca Chair since 2019
- Ivan Kovachev since 2018
- Iliana Akinmutande since 2023
- Nikolay Hristov since 2025
- Stanimir Adanev since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Malinka Vrabtcheva Mrca Chair since 2019
- Ivan Kovachev since 2018
- Stanimir Adanev since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Malinka Vrabtcheva Mrca Chair since 2019
- Ivan Kovachev since 2018
- Iliana Akinmutande since 2023
- Nikolay Hristov since 2025
- Stanimir Adanev since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
- 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
- 1164441
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 17 Nov 2015 as amended on 06 Mar 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07572333941 · bbfstgeorge@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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