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Registered charity · Bedford

Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust

Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust is a registered charity (number 1114294) based in Bedford, governed by 12 trustees. Latest income £56k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as B & MK Trust, B-MK Waterway (Charity Commission)

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £56k (2025)
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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
Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, Bedford
Website
www.b-mkwaterway.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust
Registered
2006

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£56k£108k
  • 2024£66k£65k
  • 2023£64k£42k
Earlier years
  • 2022£38k£3k
  • 2021£178k£111k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 37%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE OR PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF OR VISITORS TO BEDFORDSHIRE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES OR ANY GOVERNMENT, REGIONAL, LOCAL OR OTHER AUTHORITY WHICH VARIES OR REPLACES THESE AREAS, AND AS PART OF A PROGRAM OF REGENERATION OF THE AREA TO ENCOURAGE THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREAS TO BE BENEFITED TO TAKE PART IN AND HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROMOTION, PROVISION OR MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE SAID INHABITANTS OR VISITORS.3.2 TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OR MAINTENANCE OF FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF OR VISITORS TO THE AREAS REFEREED TO IN CLAUSE 3.1 ABOVE THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OBJECTS EXPRESSED IN CLAUSE 3.1 ABOVE.

Grants received

7 grants · £288,532 total

360Giving 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 · £271,766 (4 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £16,766 (3 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002012-02-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £6,9632008-05-19
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £6,9632008-05-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £250,0002006-08-23
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,8032005-11-24
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.

12 trustees on the board

8.8y median 10y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (4)

11
company-linked trustees

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

Amateur Sport 10Environment/conservation/heritage 10Education/training 3Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1Economic/community Development/employment 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Arts and leisure 15Professional services 5Education 3

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£56k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1114294
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29 MARCH 2006
Companies House
Company number 05760839 · Active
Contact on the register
07879999619 · contact@bmkwaterway.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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