BATH ROYAL LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION

Registered charity 304477 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q4868941 · Wikipedia

The aim of the Institution is to promote, in the Bath and North East Somerset area, an interest in the arts and sciences, and to provide, through archives and collections, resources for education, research and enjoyment. This is aided by the provision of a variety of exhibitions and a diverse programme of lectures, discussions and meetings.

Objects

(1) (I)THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, OF SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND ART IN THE CITY OF BATH AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEE THINKS FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:A) THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A MUSEUM IN OR NEAR THE CITY OF BATH FOR THE DISPLAY OF EXHIBITS OF HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY OR ARTISTIC SIGNIFICANCE OR INTEREST;B) THE PROVISION OF A LIBRARY, LECTURES AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION RELATING TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART; ANDC) THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH RELATING TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.(II) IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE CHARITY’S ITEMS AND EXHIBITS ARE NOT IMMEDIATELY REQUIRED FOR THE OBJECT IN SUB-CLAUSE (I) ABOVE, THE TRUSTEE MAY ADVANCE SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND ART ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY LENDING ITEMS AND CURATING TRAVELLING EXHIBITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS SPECIFIED IN CLAUSE 8.

Area of benefit: CITY OF BATH

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net outgoing resource of £101,735 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £3,664,943. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting specific fund balances, noting that the Income Generating Fund is currently below its £500,000 target. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, with the auditors confirming no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue in operational existence.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 02857000

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.

• CALABRIA-HOLLEY, Juliana, Dr — director, appointed 19/02/2026not on trustee list
• BRANT, Graham John — director, appointed 01/11/2025not on trustee list
• SMITH, Claire Beadsmore — director, appointed 17/03/2025not on trustee list
• LAW, John — director, appointed 23/10/2024not on trustee list
• WYNNE HUGHES, Adam Rhys — director, appointed 09/05/2024not on trustee list
• KELLY, Katrina — director, appointed 14/03/2024not on trustee list
• GOODING, Julian Charles Dalmage — director, appointed 25/10/2023not on trustee list
• WASMUHT, Andreas Alexej — director, appointed 25/10/2023not on trustee list
• BUDD OBE, Christopher John, Professor — director, appointed 25/10/2023not on trustee list
• BURTON, Mary Saunders — director, appointed 12/10/2022not on trustee list
• HALL, David Charles — director, appointed 04/09/2020not on trustee list
• WILLSON, Jolyon Peter, Dr — director, appointed 19/03/2020not on trustee list
• GADD, Ian Anders — director, appointed 12/09/2019not on trustee list
• GARDNER, Malcolm John — secretary, appointed 01/06/2012

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 37.4% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Trustees

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 BATH INSTITUTE FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES.

• BATH INSTITUTE FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES income £104k
• THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN income £9.8m
• READING REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION income £629k
• THE THEATRE ROYAL BATH LIMITED income £19.7m
• KING EDWARD'S SCHOOL BATH income £20.0m
• ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS LIMITED income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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