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.

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Latest income

£20k

Latest spending

£3k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2024

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.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£20k	£3k
31/12/2024	£128k	£109k
31/12/2023	£11k	£8k
31/12/2022	£433k	£2k
31/12/2021	£5k	£7k

Common questions

Is BRISTOL AND AVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

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. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION	1	£225k
THE FOYLE FOUNDATION	1	£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

THE ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE income £143k
MANSFIELD AND SUTTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY CIO income £2.5m
63RD BRISTOL (ST ANDREW WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW) SCOUT GROUP income £107k
BEDFORD U3A income £111k
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & ARCHIVES income £165k
THE CHRISTADELPHIAN AUXILIARY LECTURING SOCIETY income £201k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRISTOL AND AVON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY	£20k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FY2025	£143k	—	above	—	no doubt
MANSFIELD AND SUTTON ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY CIO FY2025	£2.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
63RD BRISTOL (ST ANDREW WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEDFORD U3A FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BRISTOL MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & ARCHIVES FY2025	£165k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.