The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

John James Bristol Foundation

Registered charity 288417 Registered since 1984

Operates: 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.

6.4y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7y
average years in governance
2
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 11General Charitable Purposes 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11

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 2Health and social care 1Other 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£1.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

10.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 13.6 in 2021

4 from 4 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.

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.johnjames.org.uk
Emailinfo@johnjames.org.uk
Phone01179239444
AddressJohn James Bristol Foundation, 7 Clyde Road, Redland, BRISTOL, BS6 6RG

Finances

£1,384,343 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,188,468£2,836,454
2022£1,354,650£3,311,715
2023£1,090,274£2,881,645
2024£1,321,467£2,485,008
2025£1,384,343£2,938,953

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR SICKNESS OR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL OR OTHER PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY OF BRISTOL IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE. (B) SUCH OTHER OBJECTS OR PURPOSES (WHETHER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE) BEING CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME OF TIME DETERMINE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 9TH DECEMBER 1983, AS AMENDED BY DEED OF AMENDMENT DATED 5 FEBRUARY 1997 AND DEED OF VARIATION DATED 20 JULY 1999 AS AMENDED 11 MARCH 2002 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED OF 10 JULY 2009AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 21 FEB 2014AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 15 FEB 2016AS AMENDED ON 20 FEB 2018 as amended on 20 Jul 2023 as amended on 03 Nov 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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