Registered charity (CIO) · Bridport
The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares
- 5 trustees
- Income £161k (2026)
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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Devon, Dorset, Somerset
- Website
- www.thebankofdreamsandnightmares.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£161k£171k
- 2025£144k£171k
- 2024£183k£170k
Earlier years
- 2023£75k£143k
- 2022£162k£34k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 5%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN WRITING AND READING IN ALL ITS FORMS.
Grants received
7 grants · £214,779 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £139,279 (2 grants)
- J J Charitable Trust · £38,000 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000 (2 grants)
- Allen Lane Foundation · £7,500
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Michael Smith Chair since 2021
- Charlie Padwicke-Barratt since 2025
- Jessica Lucy Morency since 2023
- Joel Collins since 2021
- Simon Deverell since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Michael Smith Chair since 2021
- Charlie Padwicke-Barratt since 2025
- Jessica Lucy Morency since 2023
- Joel Collins since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Simon Deverell since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on 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
- 1194307
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Apr 2021
- Contact on the register
- 07718909685 · nick@thebankofdreamsandnightmares.org
- 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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