Registered charity · Bristol
Bristol Folk House
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.0m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Matthew Bazeley-BellChair · since 2022
- Alexander Edward ChildTrustee · since 2026
- Amelie Denise Irene TaylorTrustee · since 2026
- Cavan Patrick John ScottTrustee · since 2026
- Isabelle RyanTrustee · since 2022
- Julie WilliamsTrustee · since 2022
- Michael Adam Hart CohenTrustee · since 2026
- Robert James Thomas PepperTrustee · since 2019
- Thomas Grenville HouserTrustee · since 2026
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, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Bristol City
- Website
- www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bristol Folk House
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.0m£908k
- 2024£750k£617k
- 2023£680k£593k
Earlier years
- 2022£284k£290k
- 2021£284k£290k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BRISTOL AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A CENTRE FOR ADULT EDUCATION, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS
Grants received
1 grant · £2,800 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 · £2,800
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Matthew Bazeley-Bell Chair since 2022
- Alexander Edward Child since 2026
- Amelie Denise Irene Taylor since 2026
- Cavan Patrick John Scott since 2026
- Isabelle Ryan since 2022
- Julie Williams since 2022
- Michael Adam Hart Cohen since 2026
- Robert James Thomas Pepper since 2019
- Thomas Grenville Houser since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Robert James Thomas Pepper since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Matthew Bazeley-Bell Chair since 2022
- Alexander Edward Child since 2026
- Amelie Denise Irene Taylor since 2026
- Cavan Patrick John Scott since 2026
- Isabelle Ryan since 2022
- Michael Adam Hart Cohen since 2026
- Robert James Thomas Pepper since 2019
- Thomas Grenville Houser since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Julie Williams since 2022
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1184395
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07 JAN 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 11752084 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01179262987 · admin@bristolfolkhouse.co.uk
- 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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