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
- Andrew George Christian Chair since 2020
- Matthew David Rickards since 2020
- Ruth Bucknell since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew George Christian Chair since 2020
- Matthew David Rickards since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Andrew George Christian Chair since 2020
- Matthew David Rickards since 2020
- Ruth Bucknell since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
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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