The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Friends of the Bedford Child Development Centre

Registered charity 1087442 Registered since 2001

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.

5 trustees on the board

3y median 3y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 5General Charitable Purposes 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

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 1

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£1k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.friends-of-cdc.org.uk
Emailinfo@friends-of-cdc.org.uk
Phone01234340631
Address19 BIDDENHAM TURN, BIDDENHAM, BEDFORD, MK40 4AZ

Finances

£193 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£4£40
2023£120£1,760
2024£1,983£1,444
2025£1,280£20,052
2026£193£552

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisability

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THEIR HEALTH, ADVANCE THEIR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEVE THEM WHEN THEY ARE SICK BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND OTHER ITEMS AT THE BEDFORDSHIRE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE AND OTHERWISE ASSISTING IN THE WORK OF THE CENTRE PROVIDED THAT IN SO DOING THE CHARITY SHALL NOT RELIEVE THE LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY OR ANY OTHER STATUTORY BODY OF ITS STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 30TH MAY 2001, AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 7TH JULY 2001

Trustees (5)

5trustees
62median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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