The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Bedfordshire Music Trust

Registered charity 1104849 Registered since 2004

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Luton, 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.

7 trustees on the board

11.6y median 12y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 8Professional services 3Property 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£41k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.bedfordshiremusictrust.org.uk
Emailnick@bedfordshiremusictrust.org.uk
Phone07711768365
AddressThe White House, Odell Road, Sharnbrook, Bedford

Finances

£41,321 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£35,922£33,747
2022£31,136£24,133
2023£46,811£43,338
2024£37,780£36,388
2025£41,321£34,451

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, APPRECIATION, ENJOYMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 5 APRIL 2001

Trustees (7)

7trustees
73median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Bedfordshire Music Trust · 04195243 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 05/04/2001

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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