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Registered charity · Bristol

The Burden Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £206k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.burdentrustbristol.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1984

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£206k£213k
  • 2024£181k£198k
  • 2023£177k£186k
Earlier years
  • 2022£176k£163k
  • 2021£170k£150k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. AS AND FOR HOSPITALS OR HOMES OR PLACES OR PERSONS FOR CURATIVE TREATMENT OR CARE OR RESEARCH IN REGARD TO ANY HUMAN AILMENT DISEASE OR DEFECT WHATSOEVER. 2. FOR HOMES AND PLACES FOR RESIDENCE OR CARE (INCLUDING DAY-CARE) OF ANY INFIRM DISABLED DELICATE OR AGED PERSONS (AND MORE PARTICULARLY FOR CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGY AND THEIR FAMILIES). 3. AS AND FOR SCHOOLS OR TRAINING INSTITUTIONS OR ORGANISATIONS FOR CHILDREN OR YOUNG PERSONS OR OTHERS REQUIRING TRAINING FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES IN LIFE WHETHER RELIGIOUS OR TECHNICAL BUT ALWAYS CONSISTENT OR CONSONANT WITH THE TENETS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. 4. AS AND FOR ANY PURPOSE CALCULATED TO MINISTER TO THE COMFORT OR WELLBEING OF CHURCH OF ENGLAND CLERGY AND THEIR FAMILIES. 6. AS AND FOR HOMES OR PLACES OR ORGANISATIONS FOR THE CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS WHO BY REASON OF THE DEATH OF A PARENT OR FOR BY ANY OTHER REASON ARE IN NEED OF CARE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. 7. AS AND FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.4y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Religious Activities 2

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 2Other services 1

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£206k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
38 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
235859
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEEDS OF 20TH FEBRUARY 1913, 3RD SEPTEMBER 1919, 20TH JULY 1926 AND 17TH AUGUST 1938 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 11TH DECEMBER 1956 AND 16TH JUNE 1989
Contact on the register
01179628611 · p.oconor@netgates.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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