# THE COMMONWEAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1053157
- **Other names:** COMMONWEAL, COMMONWEAL TRUST, THE COMMONWEAL COLLECTION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Feb. 22, 1996
- **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=1053157


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O JB PRIESTLEY LIBRARY, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, BRADFORD
- **Postcode:** BD7 1DP
- **Phone:** 07355 270287
- **Email:** commonweal@riseup.net
- **Website:** https://www.commonwealnonviolence.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A LIBRARY FOR PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AND PROMOTING THE STUDY AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF PHILOSOPHY RELIGION POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE,HISTORY,JURISPRUDENCE AND ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITIES AND OF MANKIND GENERALLY AND ESPECIALLY RELATING TO THE SOLVING OF CONFLICT AND THE PROGRESS OF MANKIND  TOWARDS NON-VIOLENCE.

**Activities:** The Commonweal Trust maintains the Commonweal Collection, an independent specialist library devoted to issues around nonviolent social change working to promote peace and justice. The library provides literature, resources and other support for those who share its vision of the good society.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| April 5, 2024 | £10973 | £4851 | — | — |
| April 5, 2023 | £5228 | £1347 | — | — |
| April 5, 2022 | £4544 | £238 | — | — |
| April 5, 2021 | £136 | £238 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Blessing Onwudiwe — appointed Sept. 9, 2025
- Dr Ute Kelly — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- HEATHER BLAKEY
- MS ELLIE CLEMENT
- MS JEN FOX — appointed June 17, 2011
- Matthew Keiran Dunne — appointed Sept. 9, 2025
- Rachel Julian — appointed Sept. 1, 2020
- Shabina Aslam — appointed Sept. 9, 2025