BRISTOL AND AVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 229317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We arrange monthly lectures between September and April, with walks and field trips in the summer months. Members receive an annual journal and regular newsletters.

Objects

TO CARRY OUT, AND PROVIDE TRAINING IN, ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH BY EXCAVATIONM NON-EXCAVATIONAL FIELDWORK, AND THE STUDY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIAL AND DOCUMENTATION.

Area of benefit: COUNTY OF AVON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant unrestricted reserves, with £264,568 in its Business Premium account and additional investment funds valued at £144,331.67 at year-end. The Treasurer's report notes that the society has £15,000 from earnings available to support local archaeology, indicating a strong financial position despite membership income not covering all annual running costs.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr James Lyttletonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BEVERLEY ARTHUR KNOTT
• Elliot Habib Mouelhi · trustee of 1 other charity
• JULIE KAREN BASSETT · trustee of 1 other charity
• KEITH STENNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kate Iles
• Stephen Hastings · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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