Registered charity · Bedford

The Rothsay Education Centre (Bedford) LTD

9 trustees
Income £352k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does: Education/training
Where: Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedford
Website: www.recbedford.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: The Rothsay Education Centre (Bedford) LTD.
Registered: 1997

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025£352k£310k
2024£291k£277k
2023£264k£237k

Earlier years

2022£202k£202k
2021£187k£178k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION MAINLY OF PERSONS OVER 50 AND PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES.

Grants received

4 grants · £35,800 total

360Giving 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

Garfield Weston Foundation · £15,000
Harpur Trust · £10,000
The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,800
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £2,000

Most recent

Harpur Trust £10,0002021-08-30
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation £2,0002020-05-15
Garfield Weston Foundation £15,0002019-10-15
The National Lottery Community Fund £8,8002018-08-30

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.

9 trustees on the board

Dr Hazel Woodward since 2022
Dr Paul Barnes since 2023
Jillian Margaret Lane since 2023
Juliana Lacey since 2020
Louise Hellmund since 2025
Manoj Gupta since 2023
Michael Barber since 2021
Michael Outen since 2023
Simon Medaney since 2020

3.8y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

12.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Dr Hazel Woodward since 2022
Dr Paul Barnes since 2023
Jillian Margaret Lane since 2023
Juliana Lacey since 2020
Louise Hellmund since 2025
Michael Barber since 2021
Michael Outen since 2023
Simon Medaney since 2020

Portfolio (1)

Manoj Gupta since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

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

Education 10Other services 3Tech and media 2

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£352k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Registered charity number: 1063950
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/08/1997AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 25/01/2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 24/02/2016 as amended on 24 Nov 2022 as amended on 24 Nov 2022 as amended on 24 Nov 2022
Companies House: Company number 03413269 · Active
Contact on the register: 01234302203 · admin@recbedford.co.uk
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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