The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Bedfordshire Open Door

Registered charity 1053008 Registered since 1996

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Bedford

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.9y median 1y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 10Education 2Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£338k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bedfordopendoor.org.uk
Emailcounselling@bedfordopendoor.org.uk
Phone07922105200
Address120 TAVISTOCK STREET, BEDFORD, MK40 2SA

Finances

£338,262 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£282,130£224,355
2022£416,558£305,250
2023£310,702£352,817
2024£287,516£341,452
2025£338,262£340,314

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

(1)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; AND (11)TO RELIEVE MITIGATE AND PREVENT POVERTY SUFFERING HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH FEBRUARY 1996 as amended on 05 May 2021 as amended on 26 Aug 2026

Trustees (9)

9trustees
55median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bedfordshire Open Door · 03157152 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/02/1996

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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