Registered charity · Beds
Bedford Council of Faiths
- 9 trustees
- Income £475 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Dr Virendra SoniChair · since 2013
- Chiara Mitchell-MiddletonTrustee · since 2023
- Councillor Ralley RahmanTrustee · since 2026
- Dr Dr Vijay Krishan NayarTrustee · since 2024
- DR Wendi MomenTrustee
- Peter GerrishTrustee · since 2019
- Susan Margaret BeaumontTrustee · since 2026
- Tarsem Lal PaulTrustee · since 2024
- Tirath Singh BhavraTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage and 2 more
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Website
- www.bcof.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£475£65
- 2024£400£799
- 2023£266£351
Earlier years
- 2022£195£423
- 2021£70£134
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN BEDFORD AND ENVIRONS BY:-PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS.-ADVANCING EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS.EAVEMENT COUNSELLORS
Board analysis for researchers
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 Virendra Soni Chair since 2013
- Chiara Mitchell-Middleton since 2023
- Councillor Ralley Rahman since 2026
- DR Wendi Momen
- Dr Dr Vijay Krishan Nayar since 2024
- Peter Gerrish since 2019
- Susan Margaret Beaumont since 2026
- Tarsem Lal Paul since 2024
- Tirath Singh Bhavra since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Virendra Soni Chair since 2013
- Peter Gerrish since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Chiara Mitchell-Middleton since 2023
- Dr Dr Vijay Krishan Nayar since 2024
- Peter Gerrish since 2019
- Susan Margaret Beaumont since 2026
- Tirath Singh Bhavra since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- Dr Virendra Soni Chair since 2013
- Councillor Ralley Rahman since 2026
- DR Wendi Momen
- Tarsem Lal Paul since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 1104910
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 OCTOBER 2000, AS AMENDED 8 JUNE 2004AS AMENDED ON 23 FEB 2017
- Contact on the register
- 01767627626 · bcof@momen.plus.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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