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Gloucester Civic Trust Limited

The company is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the area comprising City of Gloucester, which area shall hereinafter be referred to as “the area of benefit”:(a) to stimulate public interest in the area of benefit and...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £228k (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
Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Gloucestershire
Website
www.gloucestercivictrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Gloucester Civic Trust Limited
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£228k£307k
  • 2024£331k£213k
  • 2023£157k£183k
Earlier years
  • 2022£171k£200k
  • 2021£92k£84k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The company is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the area comprising City of Gloucester, which area shall hereinafter be referred to as “the area of benefit”:(a) to stimulate public interest in the area of benefit and make available community and educational resources;(b) to promote high standards of planning and architecture in the area of benefit; (c) to secure the preservation, protection, development, and improvement of features of historic or public interest in the area of benefit;(d) to operate museums, heritage centres and exhibition spaces, with associated retail facilities and to hold collections and assets;(e) to make such arrangements as are necessary to enable the public to view and enjoy any buildings, land, exhibitions or collections (whether free or at a charge);(f) by publishing books or pamphlets or in other appropriate manner to make known to the public the existence of such buildings, land, exhibitions or collections.

Grants received

6 grants · £550,810 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £485,850 (3 grants)
  • Postcode Local Trust · £25,000
  • Garfield Weston Foundation · £20,000
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £19,960

Most recent

  • Postcode Local Trust £25,0002025-06-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,9602024-10-31
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £228,9602024-05-08
  • Garfield Weston Foundation £20,0002024-01-12
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £57,8902022-09-07
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.

12 trustees on the board

7y median 4.5y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 12Environment/conservation/heritage 11General Charitable Purposes 3Education/training 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.

Other services 14Arts and leisure 9Property 5

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£228k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
264719
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27TH OCTOBER 1972 as amended on 14 Apr 2021
Companies House
Company number 01078805 · Active
Contact on the register
01452207101 · info@gloucestercivictrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.

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