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Registered charity · Bristol

The Gloucestershire Society

The Gloucestershire Society is a registered charity (number 203159) based in Bristol, governed by 17 trustees. Latest income £160k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 17 trustees
  • Income £160k (2025)
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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
Website
www.gloucestershiresociety.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£160k£230k
  • 2024£192k£129k
  • 2023£170k£132k
Earlier years
  • 2022£137k£114k
  • 2021£133k£110k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. THE RELIEF OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE OLD COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AS CONSTITUTED IN 1657 WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.2. THE TRUSTEES MAY RELIEVE PERSONS IN NEED BY: (A) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM; OR (B) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM; OR(C) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THOSE IN NEED.3. IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE TO ASSIST SOMEONE (WHO IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED) WHO IS:(A) RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE AREA OF BENEFIT; OR (B) ONLY TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Grants received

24 grants · £13,050 total

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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.

17 trustees on the board

5.6y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (15)

Portfolio (2)

2
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 17Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 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 4Professional services 3Property 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£192k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
203159
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 14 MAY 2003
Contact on the register
01179151618
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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