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Registered charity · Bedford

Bedford Creative Arts Limited

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £322k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Bedford
Website
www.bedfordcreativearts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Bedford Creative Arts Limited
Registered
2007

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£322k£302k
  • 2024£307k£244k
  • 2023£240k£280k
Earlier years
  • 2022£317k£372k
  • 2021£374k£294k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 7% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS PRINCIPALLY WITHIN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD, BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE UK BY:-(A) OFFERING PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP SKILLS, CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE;(B) USING THE ARTS AS A TOOL TO IMPROVE SOCIAL WELFARE AND PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE BY RESPONDING TO THOSE NEEDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH CONTACT WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND OTHER AGENCIES;(C) ACTIVELY ENGAGING PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM MAINSTREAM PROVISION OF ARTS EDUCATION FOR REASON OF DISABILITY, SOCIAL, CULTURAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCE (BY SEEKING TO MAKE ACTIVITIES PHYSICALLY, INTELLECTUALLY, SOCIALLY, CULTURALLY AND FINANCIALLY ACCESSIBLE;(D) ENABLING EVERYONE TO EXERCISE THE RIGHT FREELY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO ENJOY THE ARTS AND ITS BENEFITS;(E) PROMOTING, IMPROVING, ADVANCING AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN CONTEMPORARY ACTS PRACTICE, THROUGH A PROGRAMME OF TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Grants received

11 grants · £340,828 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.

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Most recent

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.

6 trustees on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
8.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6Arts/culture/heritage/science 5The 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.

Arts and leisure 6Business services 3Property 3

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£322k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
14%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1119555
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/12/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/04/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/01/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09 MAY 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 SEP 2016
Companies House
Company number 05305188 · Active
Contact on the register
01234818670 · office@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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