# The Commonwealth Bond Charitable Trust

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1015518
- **Other names:** BRISTOL BOND CHARITABLE TRUST, COCOA BOND CHARITABLE TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Dec. 1, 1992
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1015518


## Contact

- **Address:** The Commonwealth Bond Charitable Trust, 6 Gay street, Bath
- **Postcode:** BA1 2PH
- **Phone:** 01225 723199
- **Email:** JOHNCARMICHAEL1@AOL.COM



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES DIRECTED WHOLLY OR MAINLY TO THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF GHANA AND THE TRIBAL DISTRICT OF FETE IN PARTICULAR AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GHANA IN EACH OTHERS CULTURE INCLUDING THE HISTORY LANGUAGE ART RELIGION MUSIC AND FOLKLORE OF THOSE COUNTRIES   2) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

**Activities:** Facilitating multi-sectoral charitable relationships through cultural exchange between the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries. Advancing education, religious toleration and poverty relief within the context of delivering the sustainable development goals to tackle present existential and environmental threats. Providing prosocial support to underpin food security and food sustainability.

**Area of benefit:** GHANA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barbados
- Bhutan
- Cameroon
- Dominican Republic
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Hong Kong
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
- The Bahamas
- The Gambia
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- Cardiff
- Greenwich



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £60 | £60749 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £201271 | £25193 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JOHN NIGEL DOUGLAS CARMICHAEL** (Chair)
- Peter Jonathan Mann MBE — appointed May 14, 2021
- Philip Wall — appointed Dec. 6, 2016