Registered charity · Bedford
Friends of Elstow Lower School Association
Friends of Elstow Lower School Association is a registered charity (number 1067777) based in Bedford, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £3k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Friends (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
- Income £3k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Beverley Ann CanhamTrustee · since 2022
- Donna RutterTrustee · since 2025
- Dr Margaret Jean TurnerTrustee · since 2022
- Helen Mary MurphyTrustee · since 2022
- Kelly Denise VaselkaTrustee · since 2023
- Melissa PlanterTrustee · since 2026
- Rachel Louise SmithTrustee · since 2022
- Viran BaramTrustee · since 2026
- Yazmin Burton-WillaimsTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Website
- elstowschool.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3k£3k
- 2024£7k£2k
- 2023£2k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£269£348
- 2021£2k£2k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS IN THE SCHOOL.
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
- Beverley Ann Canham since 2022
- Donna Rutter since 2025
- Dr Margaret Jean Turner since 2022
- Helen Mary Murphy since 2022
- Kelly Denise Vaselka since 2023
- Melissa Planter since 2026
- Rachel Louise Smith since 2022
- Viran Baram since 2026
- Yazmin Burton-Willaims since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Beverley Ann Canham since 2022
- Donna Rutter since 2025
- Dr Margaret Jean Turner since 2022
- Helen Mary Murphy since 2022
- Kelly Denise Vaselka since 2023
- Melissa Planter since 2026
- Rachel Louise Smith since 2022
- Viran Baram since 2026
- Yazmin Burton-Willaims since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1067777
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON THE 30 SEPTEMBER 1996
- Contact on the register
- 01234302300 · friendsofelstow@elstowschool.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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