Registered charity · Gloucestershire
Bell's Foundation
- 13 trustees
- Income £12k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rachel Catherine GriffithsChair · since 2025
- Brian Leonard FowlerTrustee · since 2013
- Cilla Jane JamesTrustee · since 2013
- Clive Terence ElsmoreTrustee
- David John WrightTrustee · since 2015
- James RichmondTrustee · since 2025
- Jason GriffithsTrustee · since 2024
- Julie Patricia CostleyTrustee · since 2019
- Keith MorganTrustee
- Mike CostleyTrustee · since 2017
- Nicholas William PennyTrustee · since 2022
- Robert DixTrustee · since 2024
- Simon PhelpsTrustee · since 2024
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
- Rachel Catherine Griffiths Chair since 2025
- Brian Leonard Fowler since 2013
- Clive Terence Elsmore
- Cilla Jane James since 2013
- David John Wright since 2015
- James Richmond since 2025
- Jason Griffiths since 2024
- Julie Patricia Costley since 2019
- Keith Morgan
- Mike Costley since 2017
- Nicholas William Penny since 2022
- Robert Dix since 2024
- Simon Phelps since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Leonard Fowler since 2013
- Cilla Jane James since 2013
- David John Wright since 2015
- Julie Patricia Costley since 2019
- Mike Costley since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Rachel Catherine Griffiths Chair since 2025
- Brian Leonard Fowler since 2013
- Cilla Jane James since 2013
- David John Wright since 2015
- Jason Griffiths since 2024
- Julie Patricia Costley since 2019
- Keith Morgan
- Mike Costley since 2017
- Nicholas William Penny since 2022
- Robert Dix since 2024
- Simon Phelps since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Clive Terence Elsmore
- James Richmond since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
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
- 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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