The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Dolphin Society

Registered charity 203142 Registered since 1962

Operates: North 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.

4y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 2Environment/conservation/heritage 2Disability 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 4Arts and leisure 2Professional services 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£317k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitedolphin-society.org.uk
Emailenquiries@dolphinsociety.org.uk
Phone01179299649
AddressKITALE, WILLS LANE, BRISTOL, BS9 1FH

Finances

£317,364 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£110,863£171,562
2022£128,229£173,703
2023£105,545£134,938
2024£161,948£122,933
2025£317,364£184,786

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY OR DISABLED PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN RESIDENT IN BRISTOL AND ITS ADJOINING LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS AND WHO ARE IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND INDEPENDENCE BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE APPROPRIATE, INCLUDING ASSISTING AND SUPPORTING THEM TO LIVE IN THEIR OWN HOMES. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ELDERLY AND DISABLED IN NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE WAYS AS SHALL BE PROPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT FOR THE TIME BEING IN ANY APPEAL MADE ON BEHALF OF THE SOCIETY

Governing document: FOUNDED IN 1749, LETTER DATED 21 DECEMBER 1961 AND CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 SEPTEMBER 2003 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 22 MARCH 2010 as amended on 15 Jul 2020

Trustees (7)

7trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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