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Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society

RegisteredRegistered charity number 202014BristolArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£71k2025-12-31
Spending£52ksame year
Spent / received60%5-year average
Size in its cause74th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered1962Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society reported income of £71k and spending of £52k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £68k to £71k (+3.7%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northampton Male Voice Choir (£71k), The Society of Portrait Sculptors (£71k) and Upholland and District U3a (£71k).

Income and spending

£0£21k£42k£63k£84k2021 Income: £68,2482021 Spending: £30,05220212022 Income: £54,1632022 Spending: £40,42920222023 Income: £60,6202023 Spending: £39,96420232024 Income: £83,8812024 Spending: £38,83220242025 Income: £70,7482025 Spending: £52,3012025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

PROMOTES INTEREST IN THE ANTIQUITIES OF BRISTOL AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND ENCOURAGES THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGY BY HOLDING MEETINGS, PUBLISHING BOOKS, REPORTS AND PAPERS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ANCIENT RECORDS AND MANUSCRIPTS, MAINTAINING A LIBRARY, WHICH IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND ADVOCATING AND ENCOURAGING THE PRESERVATION OF SITES AND BUILDINGS OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST

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