## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 24 June2024 To 31 December 2024 date** ## **Charity name: BRISTOL RADICAL HISTORY GROUP** ## **Charity registration number:1208797** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education &**
**understanding of the public in the**
**history of Bristol & the wider world,**
**particularly focusing on working class**
**narratives, the labour movement & the**
**transatlantic slave trade.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Promote academic research, sustain &**
**increase knowledge, hold & contribute**
**to events & the provision of educational**
**materials online as well as publishing**
**books & pamphlets.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees so confirm.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Held 2 major festivals, one in South**
**Bristol over several days & venues, the**
**other in the M shed (Bristol Museums) &**
**other venues over 2 days. Featuring 20**
**+talks, panel discussions, history walks,**
**exhibitions, bookstalls, a live choir,&**
**film screenings.**
**Providing speakers to local**
**organisations, contributing to events &**
**conferences held by other historical**
**associations, such as Our Chartist**
**Heritage in Newport South Wales.**
**Conducting historical walks around**
**Bristol.**
**Publishing 8 new original works on**
**Bristol orientated historical topics, (total**
**publications now exceed 60).**
**Carrying out extensive research**
**particularly relating to the history of**
**workhouses of interest to family**
**historians tracing their ancestors.**
**All our work is carried out by unpaid**
**volunteers & apart from our**
**publications & some film presentations**
**is provided free to our beneficiaries, the**
**general public with no restrictions.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Satisfactory. See accounts**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to finance future**
**publications**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£7289**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**All trustees are volunteers confirmed by**
**general meeting of the group**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bristol Radical History Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1208797| |Charity’s principal address|41 Bruce Avenue, Bristol BS5 6EF| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||T Thwaites|Chair||| ||D Parkin|||| ||A D Bennett|||| ||P Smith||Apptd 11 May2025|| ||S Mills||Apptd 11 May2025|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **Full name(s)** Trevor Charles Thwaites **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** 7 September 2025 ||**Bristol Radical History Group**
Charity Name|**Bristol Radical History Group**
Charity Name|**Bristol Radical History Group**
Charity Name|**1208797**
**No (if any)**|**1208797**
**No (if any)**|**1208797**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|1/1/2024
Period start date|**To**||31/12/2024
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**15,855**
**1,765**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,620**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,620**
**6,320**
**1,924**
**543**
**335**
**195**
**282**
**612**
**291**
**135**
**100**
**85**
**10,822**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,822**
**6,798**
**-**
**1,051**
**7,849**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**15,855**
**1,765**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,620**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,620**
**6,320**
**1,924**
**543**
**335**
**195**
**282**
**612**
**291**
**135**
**100**
**85**
**10,822**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,822**

**6,798**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Book sales|**15,855**||||||**6,005**| |Event fees|**1,765**||||||**250**| |Donations|**-**||||||**509**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**17,620**||||||**6,764**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**6,764**| ||||||||| |Printing&publishing|**6,320**||||||**3,473**| |Bookpurchases|**1,924**||||||**1,303**| |Meetingroom|**543**||||||**399**| |Event fees|**335**||||||**50**| |Travel expenses|**195**||||||**432**| |Postage|**282**||||||**178**| |Miscellaneous|**612**||||||**382**| |Website,Zoom|**291**||||||**400**| |Reseach materials|**135**||||||| |Donations/plaque
Storage equipment
**_Sub total_ **|||||||**822**
**347**| ||||||||**7,786**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**7,786**| ||||||||| ||**6,798**|**-**|**-**||
**6,798**||**- 1,022**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**1,051**|**-**|**-**||**1,051**||**-**| ||**7,849**|**-**|**-**||**7,849**||**- 1,022**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Unsold publicaions
**Details**
Current account
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**7,849**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,849**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**1,875**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Trevor Thwaites|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Trevor Thwaites|7/9/2025| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2