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Registered charity · Gloucestershire

Bell's Foundation

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £12k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Gloucestershire
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£12k£13k
  • 2024£12k£8k
  • 2023£12k£8k
Earlier years
  • 2022£12k£14k
  • 2021£11k£9k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO APPLY UP TO ONE-THIRD OF INCOME IN PROVIDING SPECIAL BENEFITS, OF A KIND NOT PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND BERRY HILL SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE RESIDUE SHALL BE USED TO AWARD TO BENEFICIARIES/PERSONS OF EITHER SEX UNDER 30 YEARS OF AGE WHO ATTEND THE NOW CLOSED BELL'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL OR WHO ATTENDED FORMER THE ROYAL FOREST OF DEAN GRAMMAR SCHOOL OR THE FORMER PUPILS OF THE SAID LAKERS SCHOOL BERRY HILL SECONDARY SCHOOL WITH A PREFERENCE, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, FOR THOSE BENEFICIARIES WHO, OR WHOSE PARENTS ARE, RESIDENT IN THE ANCIENT PARISH OF NEWLAND) EXHIBITIONS, TENABLE AT ANY SECONDARY SCHOOL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY, OR OTHER INSTITUTION OF FURTHER EDUCATION APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES, TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING; TOOLS OR BOOKS TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES ON LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, TO PREPARE FOR OR ASSIST THE ENTRY INTO A PROFESSION TRADE OR CALLING; TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO STUDY MUSIC OR OTHER ARTS, TO AWARD BURSARIES OR MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES TO ENABLE BENEFICIARIES TO TRAVEL, WHETHER IN THIS COUNTRY OR ABROAD, TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION AND TO OTHERWISE PROMOTE THE EDUCATION, INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING, OF BENFICIARIES.

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.

13 trustees on the board

5.9y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (2)

0
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 12General Charitable Purposes 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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£12k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
311702
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 13TH FEBRUARY 1973 AND 2ND DECEMBER 1986 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 15 NOVEMBER 2010AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 18 MAR 2016
Contact on the register
07850476235 · bellsfoundation@outlook.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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