Registered charity · Somerset
Bristol Astronomical Society
- 12 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Ben CommisTrustee · since 2025
- Darren BrownTrustee · since 2023
- David John BennettTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Allan Robert MccarthyTrustee
- Dr Michael DeanTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Stephen Gerald PriceTrustee · since 2014
- Jake McmurchieTrustee · since 2024
- John HuntleyTrustee · since 2026
- John William HennTrustee · since 2021
- Richard Adam MansfieldTrustee
- Richard Michael BennettTrustee · since 2026
- Ryan William ParleTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Website
- www.bristolastrosoc.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1988
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£7k
- 2024£7k£6k
- 2023£8k£7k
Earlier years
- 2022£6k£4k
- 2021£5k£3k
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ASTRONOMY.
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Ben Commis since 2025
- Darren Brown since 2023
- David John Bennett since 2020
- Dr Allan Robert Mccarthy
- Dr Michael Dean since 2024
- Dr Stephen Gerald Price since 2014
- Jake Mcmurchie since 2024
- John Huntley since 2026
- John William Henn since 2021
- Richard Adam Mansfield
- Richard Michael Bennett since 2026
- Ryan William Parle since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- David John Bennett since 2020
- Dr Stephen Gerald Price since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Ben Commis since 2025
- Darren Brown since 2023
- David John Bennett since 2020
- Dr Allan Robert Mccarthy
- Dr Michael Dean since 2024
- Dr Stephen Gerald Price since 2014
- Jake Mcmurchie since 2024
- John Huntley since 2026
- John William Henn since 2021
- Richard Adam Mansfield
- Ryan William Parle since 2021
Portfolio (1)
- Richard Michael Bennett since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 299649
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 3RD JUNE 1988
- Contact on the register
- 01749675774 · treasurer@bristolastrosoc.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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