The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Grateful Society

Registered charity 202349 Registered since 1962

Operates: North Somerset, Bath And North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City

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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.

7 trustees on the board

2.7y median 1y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

4
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Education/training 2Animals 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 3Other services 3Finance 2

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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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£277k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitegratefulsociety.org
Emailrobert.drewett@wbd-uk.com
Phone01179896682
AddressWOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (UK) LLP, 3 TEMPLE QUAY, TEMPLE BACK EAST, BRISTOL, BS1 6DZ

Finances

£277,429 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£119,335£109,800
2022£127,606£108,498
2023£109,652£138,972
2024£131,717£139,932
2025£277,429£158,725

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Other Finance

Charitable objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND ILL HEALTH (INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILL HEALTH) AMONGST ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

Governing document: RULES & REGULATIONS AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 21 NOVEMBER 1993 AND SCHEMEDATED 16 JANUARY 2001 AND SCHEME DATED 01 JUNE 2016AS AMENDED ON 14 MAR 2017 as amended on 02 May 2024 as amended on 10 Jun 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
66median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (8)

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