ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY, BATH AND DISTRICT BRANCH

Charity number: 1184365
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

RCS Bath promotes within Bath and district the increase and spread of knowledge respecting the peoples and countries of the Commonwealth and their cultures by holding meetings, raising awareness, giving grants and cooperating with other charities to encourage and support the study and exchange of ideas beneficial to the Commonwealth and public.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £9,654
Total expenditure: £9,099

People

6 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Bath And North East Somerset
  • North Somerset
  • Somerset

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 July 2019: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • RCS BATH (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
GODFREY STUART HALL MA FCOLLP Chair 12 June 2019
None on record
Professor John Robert Strachan Trustee 26 July 2023
None on record
Christopher Cook Trustee 06 December 2022
None on record
Anita Mary St John Gray Trustee 07 May 2020
None on record
ALAN ROBIN HOWE Trustee 12 June 2019
None on record
Andrew Graham Prentice CEng MICE Trustee 12 June 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £6.73k £8.64k £9.32k £9.65k
Total expenditure £11.50k £4.95k £13.76k £9.10k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 23 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 11 September 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 19 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2020 30 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 06 DEC 2018 AS AMENDED ON 12 JUN 2019

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE WITHIN BATH AND DISTRICT THE INCREASE AND SPREAD OF KNOWLEDGE RESPECTING THE PEOPLES AND COUNTRIES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND THEIR CULTURES, IN PARTICULAR IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS THE TRUSTEES MAY: A) HOLD MEETINGS AT SUCH INTERVALS AS THEY SHALL DETERMINE FOR THE DISCUSSION OF SUBJECTS OF COMMONWEALTH AND OTHER INTEREST; B) ENCOURAGE THE STUDY OF THE GEOGRAPHY, ETHNOLOGY, HISTORY, LITERATURE, ART, NATURAL RESOURCES, ECONOMICS AND OTHER SUBJECTS OF COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES IN ANY MANNER THAT THE CHARITY SHALL DETERMINE; C) PROMOTE THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE WAYS OF LIFE IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AND ENCOURAGE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS; D) ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT MUTUAL INTEREST IN COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE; E) CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS; F) USE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE METHOD PROPER TO THE CARRYING OUT OF THE OBJECTS; FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE ‘BATH AND DISTRICT’ MEANS THE BATH AREA POSTCODE BA.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

LOCAL

Contact information

Address:
EAST DENE
SOUTH STREET
CASTLE CARY
BA7 7ES
Phone:
01963351208
Email:
chair@rcsbath.org
Website:

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