THE FRANK BOND TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 287873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRANK BOND CENTRE

operating the Centre where the older generation of Bishop's Hull are able to enjoy a wide range of educational,recreational & other facilities.

Objects

THE RELIEF AND CARE OF ELDERLY PERSONS OF ALL CLASSES RESIDENT IN OR NEAR THE PARISH OF BISHOPS HULL, TAUNTON IN THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET SUFFERING FROM THE DISABILITIES OF OLD AGE OR OTHERWISE BEING IN NEED.

Area of benefit: PARISH OF BISHOPS HULL

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £9,777 for the year, driven by expenditure exceeding income. However, the trustees report that free/spendable reserves of £40,910 exceed the stated policy target of covering approximately £25,000 in annual operational costs, and investment funds are considered sufficient to meet ongoing costs if income is significantly reduced.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01749461

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LACEY, Timothy Paul — director, appointed 12/12/2025on trustee list
• GOREY, Alan Richard Coteswold — director, appointed 12/09/2025on trustee list
• GOREY, Suzanne Alison — director, appointed 12/09/2025on trustee list
• EMMOTT, Briam — director, appointed 26/09/2024not on trustee list
• GURR, Jane Maria — director, appointed 28/07/2011on trustee list
• COURT, Raymond George — director, appointed 16/10/2007not on trustee list
• BULBECK, Carolyn Louise Anne — director, appointed 27/09/2005not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROL BULBECKchair
• Alan Gorey
• Brian Emmott
• JANE MARIA GURR
• RAY COURT
• Suzanne Gorey
• Timothy Lacey

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRANK BRUNO FOUNDATION.

• THE FRANK BRUNO FOUNDATION income £155k
• ANNE FRANK TRUST UK income £1.6m
• LORD BROCK TRUST income £428k
• THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £192k
• FRANK BRANSTON CHARITABLE TRUST income £81k
• BRADFORD HOSPITALS CHARITY income £357k

Side by side with its peers

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