# FRIENDS OF BRISTOL MUSEUMS, GALLERIES & ARCHIVES

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 276777
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF BRISTOL'S MUSEUMS GALLERIES AND ARCHIVES, THE BRISTOL MAGPIES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 16, 1978
- **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=276777


## Contact

- **Address:** BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL, CITY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY, QUEENS ROAD, CLIFTON, BRISTOL
- **Postcode:** BS8 1RL
- **Phone:** 0117 922 3571
- **Email:** secretary@friendsofbmga.org.uk
- **Website:** www.friendsofbmga.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTION, SUPPORT, ASSISTANCE AND IMPROVING OF THE BRISTOL CITY MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES THROUGH THE ACTIVITY OF A GROUP OF SUPPORTERS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE GOVERNING DOCUMENT)

**Activities:** The education of the public by promoting, supporting, assisting and improving Bristol's Museums, Galleries & Archives through the activity of a group of supporters.

**Area of benefit:** BRISTOL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bristol City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | £165207 | £80473 | — | — |
| June 30, 2024 | £249298 | £81229 | — | — |
| June 30, 2023 | £47710 | £86388 | — | — |
| June 30, 2022 | £91793 | £44873 | — | — |
| June 30, 2021 | £73977 | £68705 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **SUE THURLOW** (Chair)
- CAROL LEAR — appointed Sept. 25, 2018
- CLIVE BURLTON — appointed Sept. 19, 2017
- KATHERINE MARTIN — appointed Sept. 23, 2014
- Mary Bailey — appointed Sept. 24, 2020
- Raymond Barnett — appointed Oct. 19, 2024
- Richard Maurice Avery — appointed Sept. 24, 2020
- Robert Stephen John Sparks — appointed Jan. 10, 2023
- Susan Hibberd — appointed Sept. 25, 2021
- TOBY PINN — appointed Sept. 25, 2018