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Registered charity · Bedford

Cople Village Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £21k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Recreation
Where
Bedford
Website
www.cople.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£21k£37k
  • 2024£34k£17k
  • 2023£10k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2022£20k£25k
  • 2021£24k£14k
Charitable objects

(1) THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF: (A) A VILLAGE HALL FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS, INCLUDING USE FOR: (1) MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES, AND (11) OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION; AND (B) A RECREATION GROUND FOR USE BY THE INHABITANTS.

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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.

7.5y median 5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

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company-linked trustees

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

Recreation 6Religious Activities 2

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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£21k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1090113
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS DATED 7TH NOVEMBER 2001
Contact on the register
07880890508 · villagehallenquiries@cople.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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