The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Edmonds and Coles Scholarships

Registered charity 311751 Registered since 1962

Operates: South Gloucestershire, 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.

4.4y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 8Religious Activities 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

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 4Professional services 3Arts and leisure 2

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£14k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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

Emailenquiries@merchantventurers.com
Phone01179738058
AddressTHE SOCIETY OF MERCHANT VENTURERS, MERCHANTS HALL, THE PROMENADE, CLIFTON DOWN, BRISTOL, BS8 3NH

Finances

£13,540 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,095£12,679
2022£16,216£7,927
2023£10,156£6,884
2024£13,337£17,832
2025£13,540£24,531

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

TO APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN PROMOTING THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE AND HAVE FOR THREE YEARS BEEN RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

Governing document: SCHEME OF 11 JUNE 1986 AS VARIED BY SCHEMES DATED 25 JUNE 1990 AND 27 FEBRUARY 1997. RESOLUTION PASSED AT MEETINGS HELD 25 APRIL 2007, 24 OCTOBER 2007 AND 23 APRIL 2008.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (4)

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