Registered charity · Bedford
The Bedford and District Citizens Advice Bureau
- 9 trustees
- Income £656k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Neil Edward Paul McgowanChair · since 2025
- Clifford Mark CarterTrustee · since 2025
- David HodgsonTrustee · since 2024
- Dr Thomas Greville InskipTrustee · since 2016
- Elizabeth BorlandTrustee · since 2023
- Iain ClarkTrustee · since 2024
- Mark Andrew SmithTrustee · since 2025
- Mark SmithTrustee · since 2020
- Roger Henry SanbrookTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 3 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.bedfordcab.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Bedford and District Citizens Advice Bureau
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£656k£705k
- 2024£610k£706k
- 2023£642k£518k
Earlier years
- 2022£525k£515k
- 2021£595k£513k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 46%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
Grants received
6 grants · £541,035 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £354,971 (3 grants)
- Harpur Trust · £166,264 (2 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £19,800
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Neil Edward Paul Mcgowan Chair since 2025
- Clifford Mark Carter since 2025
- David Hodgson since 2024
- Dr Thomas Greville Inskip since 2016
- Elizabeth Borland since 2023
- Iain Clark since 2024
- Mark Andrew Smith since 2025
- Mark Smith since 2020
- Roger Henry Sanbrook since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Thomas Greville Inskip since 2016
- Mark Smith since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Neil Edward Paul Mcgowan Chair since 2025
- Clifford Mark Carter since 2025
- David Hodgson since 2024
- Dr Thomas Greville Inskip since 2016
- Elizabeth Borland since 2023
- Iain Clark since 2024
- Mark Andrew Smith since 2025
- Mark Smith since 2020
- Roger Henry Sanbrook since 2025
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 5.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1106738
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 27/07/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/05/2009AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/04/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 05190146 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01234346543 · admin@bedfordcab.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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