Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol
The Anchor Society CIO
- 10 trustees
- Income £483k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ben HardyChair · since 2025
- Amy Catherine WebbTrustee · since 2026
- Brian James HansonTrustee · since 2021
- Carole Patricia NichollsTrustee · since 2025
- Eric EvansTrustee · since 2016
- Hannah Lucy WallingtonTrustee · since 2019
- Jane Caroline OaklandTrustee · since 2021
- ROS KennedyTrustee · since 2018
- Ruth Beatrice PitterTrustee · since 2022
- Sonia Brenda MillsTrustee · since 2023
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 1 more
- Where
- Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and more
- Website
- www.anchorsociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£483k£378k
- 2024£295k£284k
- 2023£183k£235k
Earlier years
- 2022£162k£216k
- 2021£189k£236k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS OVER THE AGE OF 55 IN NEED OF FINANCIAL PROVISION AND OTHER PROVISION WITHIN THE POSTCODE AREAS OF BS, BA AND GL IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CIO SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Grants received
48 grants · £23,200 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
- Quartet Community Foundation · £22,450 (47 grants)
- The James Tudor Foundation · £750
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Ben Hardy Chair since 2025
- Amy Catherine Webb since 2026
- Brian James Hanson since 2021
- Carole Patricia Nicholls since 2025
- Eric Evans since 2016
- Hannah Lucy Wallington since 2019
- Jane Caroline Oakland since 2021
- ROS Kennedy since 2018
- Ruth Beatrice Pitter since 2022
- Sonia Brenda Mills since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Eric Evans since 2016
- Hannah Lucy Wallington since 2019
- ROS Kennedy since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Ben Hardy Chair since 2025
- ROS Kennedy since 2018
Portfolio (8)
- Amy Catherine Webb since 2026
- Brian James Hanson since 2021
- Carole Patricia Nicholls since 2025
- Eric Evans since 2016
- Hannah Lucy Wallington since 2019
- Jane Caroline Oakland since 2021
- Ruth Beatrice Pitter since 2022
- Sonia Brenda Mills since 2023
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.
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
- 1167933
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 29 Jun 2016 as amended on 16 Oct 2020 as amended on 23 Oct 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01934862786 · admin@anchorsociety.org.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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