The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Watershed Arts Trust Limited

Registered charity 284188 Registered since 1982

Operates: Gloucestershire, Somerset, 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.

9 trustees on the board

4.6y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

8
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 9Education/training 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 9Hospitality 3Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£7.5m 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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.1 in 2021

127 from 109 in 2021
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.
108 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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.watershed.co.uk
Emailinfo@watershed.co.uk
Phone01179276444
AddressWATERSHED ARTS TRUST LTD, 1 CANONS ROAD, BRISTOL, BS1 5TX

Finances

£7,492,659 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,488,786£4,134,330
2022£4,593,258£4,614,872
2023£3,702,952£4,479,816
2024£6,555,080£6,473,304
2025£7,492,659£7,684,306

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Other Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND SKILLS IN AND INCREASE APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING AMONGST ORGANISATIONS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OF THE ARTS, INCLUDING DIGITAL ARTS, FILMS, GAMES, MUSIC, JOURNALISM, CREATIVE WRITING, DRAMA, MIME, OPERA, DANCE, BALLET, SINGING, PHOTOGRAPHY, RADIO PROGRAMMES, SCULPTURE, CARVING, POTTERY, PAINTING, DRAWING, DESIGN AND ALL OTHER FORMS OF ARTISTIC OR CREATIVE WORKS AND WHETHER FOR TRANSMISSION, DISSEMINATION, BROADCAST, PERFORMANCE OR EXHIBITION IN PHYSICAL SPACES, IN CINEMAS, ON TELEVISION, ON RADIO, VIA THE INTERNET, VIA MOBILE TELEPHONES (OR OTHER DEVICES AND MEDIA EXISTING OR IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPED), OR OTHERWISE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH NOVEMBER 1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/04/2015

Trustees (9)

9trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Watershed Arts Trust Limited(the) · 01608779 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 19/01/1982

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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