The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bristol and District Branch

Registered charity 205858 Registered since 1963

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.

10 trustees on the board

1.5y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (10)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Animals 10General Charitable Purposes 10

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£2.7m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

40.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.9 in 2020

57 from 45 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.

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Contact

Websitewww.bristolarc.org.uk
Emailinfo@bristolarc.org.uk
Phone01179714197
AddressR S P C A BRISTOL & DISTRICT BRANCH, 48 ALBERT ROAD, ST. PHILIPS, BRISTOL, BS2 0XA

Finances

£2,694,252 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£1,603,771£1,851,129
2021£1,878,193£1,501,952
2022£2,263,186£1,623,114
2023£1,568,064£1,675,385
2024£2,694,252£1,867,042

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingAnimals

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE BRANCH ARE TO PROMOTE THE WORK AND OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY [ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (219099)], WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE AREA OF THE BRANCH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE SOCIETY.

Governing document: RSPCA BRANCH RULES EFFECTIVE 18 FEBRUARY 2009.

Trustees (10)

10trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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