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Registered charity (CIO) · Bristol

The Arcanum Foundation

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £0 (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Animals
Where
South Africa, Throughout England, Angola, Botswana and more
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£0£0
  • 2024£0£0
  • 2023£0£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£0
  • 2021£0£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO:(1) RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND POOR HEALTH OF MILITARY VETERANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM;(2) RELIEVE SUFFERING OF ANIMALS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION, TO PROMOTE HUMANE BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS ANIMALS, TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC OF MATTERS PERTAINING TO ANIMAL WELFARE AND TO PREVENT CRUELTY AND SUFFERING AMONGST ANIMALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN AFRICA;(3) ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMATEUR SPORT IN DEPRIVED COMMUNITIES IN THE UK AND AFRICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE COMMUNITIES;(4) FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME;WHICH SHALL BE FURTHERED BY WAY OF THE TRUSTEES APPLYING FUNDS TO ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AS THEY SEE FIT.

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.

3 trustees on the board

4.7y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 3Disability 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1189574
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 20 May 2020
Contact on the register
01179001651 · MATT@ARCANUM.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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