Registered charity · Bedford
Bedford Sports Foundation
- 3 trustees
- Income £848k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Amateur Sport, Recreation
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Linked company
- Sport for Bedford Limited
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£848k£159k
- 2024£151k£144k
- 2023£144k£143k
Earlier years
- 2022£148k£120k
- 2021£154k£89k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 59%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.TO PROMOTE SPORTS EDUCATION AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND CHARITY AND ANYTHING INCIDENTAL OR CONDUCIVE TO ANY OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS; 2.THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE ORGANISATION OR PROVISION OF FACILITIES WHICH WILL ENABLE PUPILS UNDER 25 ATTENDING SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE UK TO PLAY HOCKEY OR OTHER GAMES OR SPORTS AND THEREBY TO ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PUPILS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS. 3.THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION, IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHE RLEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS IN THE UK EITHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT. POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES 4.SUCH OTHER PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.
Grants received
1 grant · £10,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Harpur Trust · £10,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
3 trustees on the board
Trustees past 6 years
- Matthew Charles Riley since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1052843
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17TH JUNE 1993, AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION PASSED 117TH JANUARY 1996
- Companies House
- Company number 02816600 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01234851222
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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