AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY BENEVOLENT FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 12 March 2001
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 03837167
Financial period: 31 December 2024 – 30 December 2025
Latest income: £123,110
Latest expenditure: £125,014
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Avon & Somerset Police Authority, Valley Road, Portishead, BRISTOL, BS20 8JJ

02 Activities

What the charity does

To relieve by grants or loans or otherwise necessitous members of(i) The Avon and Somerset Constabulary (ii) Pensioned members of theConstabulary and former constituent forces of the constabulary, together with necessitous widows and dependants of any suchpersons.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 29 July 2026
Date Accounts Received: 29 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £123,110
Total Gross Expenditure: £125,014

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 6 August 2025
Date Accounts Received: 6 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,482
Total Gross Expenditure: £112,483

Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 21 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 21 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £45,907
Total Gross Expenditure: £55,539

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 3 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 3 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £37,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,131

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 4 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 4 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £33,830
Total Gross Expenditure: £24,260

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £123,110
Total Gross Expenditure: £125,014
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 6 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £26,482
Total Gross Expenditure: £112,483
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 11

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 31 December 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 21 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £45,907
Total Gross Expenditure: £55,539
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 3 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £37,373
Total Gross Expenditure: £59,131
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 4 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £33,830
Total Gross Expenditure: £24,260
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: North Somerset
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bristol City
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Bath And North East Somerset
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Somerset
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: South Gloucestershire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY BENEVOLENT FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2001-03-12T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7 SEPTEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 FEBRUARY 2001. as amended on 17 May 2023
Charitable Objects: The Objects of the Charity are the prevention or relief of poverty, suffering, distress, ill-health or financial hardship amongst the Beneficiaries, in particular but not exclusively by providing grants, loans and/or or such other financial assistance and support to those individuals in such ways as the Trustees see fit from time to time.[Relevant definitions: ‘Beneficiary’ and ‘Beneficiaries’ means the individual or individuals who qualify as beneficiaries of the Charity in accordance with the Objects, namely:(i) serving members of the Constabulary (each a Serving Member) and pensioned members of the Constabulary or of the Former Police Forces (each a Retired Member);(ii) any spouse, or civil partner (as such term is defined in section 350 of the Charities Act 2011) or any widow or widower of a Serving Member or a Retired Member; (iii) any other person who in the opinion of the Trustees is wholly or partly dependant of a Serving Member or a Retired Member; and(iv) such other categories of persons closely connected to the Constabulary which the Trustees shall from time to time determine;‘the Constabulary’ means the Avon and Somerset Constabulary;‘Former Police Forces’ means the following former police constabularies:(i) Bath City Police; (ii) Bristol Constabulary; (iii) Somerset Constabulary; and(iv) Somerset and Bath Constabulary;]
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BANES, BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET & SOMERSET.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests