Registered charity · Bristol
Bristol Samba
- 13 trustees
- Income £29k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael GleedChair · since 2024
- Carrie DerrickTrustee · since 2024
- Celia HuntTrustee · since 2025
- Claudia SpotoTrustee · since 2021
- Dr Tracy WhaleTrustee · since 2019
- Jonathan WalfordTrustee · since 2022
- Lois CoxTrustee · since 2019
- Maria PaesslerTrustee · since 2023
- Sally HareTrustee · since 2023
- Sandra BadmanTrustee · since 2021
- Sophie AxfordTrustee · since 2017
- Tim YoungTrustee · since 2025
- Traceydawn WhiteTrustee · since 2019
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Website
- www.bristolsamba.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£29k£28k
- 2024£29k£30k
- 2023£29k£30k
Earlier years
- 2022£24k£24k
- 2021£10k£7k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE, IMPROVE, DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN PUBLIC EDUCATION IN, AND APPRECIATION OF, THEART AND SCIENCE OF MUSIC IN ALL ITS ASPECTS BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, INCLUDINGTHROUGH THE PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC CONCERTS AND RECITALS;
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Michael Gleed Chair since 2024
- Carrie Derrick since 2024
- Celia Hunt since 2025
- Claudia Spoto since 2021
- Dr Tracy Whale since 2019
- Jonathan Walford since 2022
- Lois Cox since 2019
- Maria Paessler since 2023
- Sophie Axford since 2017
- Sally Hare since 2023
- Sandra Badman since 2021
- Tim Young since 2025
- Traceydawn White since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Tracy Whale since 2019
- Lois Cox since 2019
- Sophie Axford since 2017
- Traceydawn White since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Michael Gleed Chair since 2024
- Carrie Derrick since 2024
- Celia Hunt since 2025
- Claudia Spoto since 2021
- Dr Tracy Whale since 2019
- Jonathan Walford since 2022
- Lois Cox since 2019
- Maria Paessler since 2023
- Sophie Axford since 2017
- Sally Hare since 2023
- Sandra Badman since 2021
- Tim Young since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Traceydawn White since 2019
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
- 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
- 1165208
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 26 OCT 2015
- Contact on the register
- 01179351200 · admin@bristolsamba.co.uk
- 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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