THE GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS

Registered charity 281431 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as G AND B D A

Support and encourage full-circle church bell ringing. Provide financial support to appropriate belfry restoration projects in affiliated churches.

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Latest income

£39k

Latest spending

£15k

Registered

1980

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £30,299 for the year ended 31 October 2024, driven primarily by a £27,194 deficit in the Belfry Repair Fund. Per the trustees' report, the unrestricted General Fund balance was low at £2,125, though the Management Committee considers there are no uncertainties regarding the Association continuing as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 1 1/3 of average annual expenditure (held: £2k)

“The Management Committee agreed in 2002 that it is prudent to maintain the fund at 1 1/3 of average annual expenditure with any excess transferred to the Belfry Repair Fund.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Roger Hayneschair
Andrew Lewis Haynes
Anthony Bulteel
Bridget Louise Lazenby
Cameron Waters
Christopher Kinghorn Cooper
Daniel Peter Knight
FIONA ANNE HARTLEY
Gillian Helen Greef · trustee of 1 other charity
Gregory James Mulford Jones
Ian David Bucknell
JENNI JUDSON
Jason Lee Carter
Jessica McCarthy
John Michael Furnival
Linda Emily Gittings
MR R CLIVE
Peter John Harris
Richard Austen While
Robert George Blandon

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Gloucestershire · South Gloucestershire · Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£39k	£15k
31/10/2024	£31k	£64k
31/10/2023	£30k	£9k
31/10/2022	£26k	£23k
31/10/2021	£25k	£22k

Common questions

Is THE GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION OF CHURCH BELL RINGERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £30,299 for the year ended 31 October 2024, driven primarily by a £27,194 deficit in the Belfry Repair Fund. Per the trustees' report, the unrestricted General Fund balance was low at £2,125, though the Management Committee considers there are no uncertainties regarding the Association continuing as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.