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Registered charity · Bedford

The Friends of ST James, Biddenham

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £8k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
Registered
2005

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8k£2k
  • 2024£3k£2k
  • 2023£4k£3k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4k£3k
  • 2021£5k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND AND OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME RECEIVED BY THEM FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY AS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED UPON TRUST TO APPLY OR CAUSE TO BE APPLIED THE SAME AT SUCH TIME AND IN SUCH MANNER AND UPON SUCH TERMS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE RESTORATION IMPROVEMENT AND ORNAMENTATION OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES BIDDENHAM AFORESAID AND THE ADJOINING CHURCH BARN AND ALSO OF THE LAND PLANTS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES BIDDENHAM AND OF THE ADJOINING CHURCH BARN AND OF THE GRAVEYARD TO THE NORTH OF THE CHURCH INCLUDING WALLS GATES HEADSTONES TREES AND OTHER PLANTS

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.

6y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 5Religious Activities 5Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£3k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1111855
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 4 AUGUST 2005AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26 NOV 2016
Contact on the register
01234353662 · fosjbiddenham@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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