The Bestwood Partnership
Income
£437k
▼ 6.4% on 2024
Expenditure
£436k
▼ 13.1% on 2024
Reserves
N/A
Small charityi
Runway
N/A
Small charityi
Spent on charitable work
N/A%
Small charityi
Trustees
10
6.0y av 6 of 10 known
Staff
N/A
Small charityi
Volunteers
2
▲ 1 volunteers on 2024
Overview
The Bestwood Partnership's network
10 people6 organisationsi10 listed on the board. 6 organisations share a board member with this charity.The large node is The Bestwood Partnership. The map shows two steps out from the public record. Hover a node to focus its connections; click one to open it.The board
10 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Hooper | Trustee | ||
| David Mulligan | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dawn Pauline Britt | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Georgia Emily Power | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Honorary Alderman Brian Grocock | Trustee | ||
| Jennifer Verhaeghe | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Kim Pavier | Trustee | ||
| Lisa Davis | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Board
The board
10 listediCurrent trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.| Name | Role | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Hooper | Trustee | ||
| David Mulligan | Trustee | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Dawn Pauline Britt | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Georgia Emily Power | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Honorary Alderman Brian Grocock | Trustee | ||
| Jennifer Verhaeghe | Trustee | 2017 | 9 yrs |
| Kim Pavier | Trustee | ||
| Lisa Davis | Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Roy Smith | Trustee | ||
| Teresa Kelly | Trustee | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Former company secretaries of the charitable company: Jeanette Bellamy-Harris (2008-2016), Catherine Elizabeth Taylor (2003-2012). Full officer list
Board DNA
iCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.Average tenure
5.7y
median 5.5y
Longest tenure
9y
since 2017
Years in governance
10.8y
per person, across all their boards
Also company directors
9
also sit on company boards
Joined in the last 3 years
2
of 6 on the board
10 trustees on the board
- Christopher Hooper
- David Mulligan since 2022
- Dawn Pauline Britt since 2023
- Georgia Emily Power since 2019
- Honorary Alderman Brian Grocock
- Jennifer Verhaeghe since 2017
- Kim Pavier
- Lisa Davis since 2023
- Roy Smith
- Teresa Kelly since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- Georgia Emily Power since 2019
- Jennifer Verhaeghe since 2017
- Teresa Kelly since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- David Mulligan since 2022
- Dawn Pauline Britt since 2023
- Georgia Emily Power since 2019
- Honorary Alderman Brian Grocock
- Jennifer Verhaeghe since 2017
- Kim Pavier
- Lisa Davis since 2023
- Roy Smith
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Hooper
- Teresa Kelly since 2018
Sector coverageiThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Economic/community Development/employment 10Education/training 10The Prevention or Relief of Poverty 10
Commercial experienceiThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Education 11Tech and media 2Health and social care 1
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Network
Network
iThe large node is The Bestwood Partnership. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Dashed blue-grey links are company secretaries. Click any node to explore.Most connected
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Finances
5 financial years held, 2021 to 2025, years ending 31 March.
Income and expenditure
5 years · years end 31 MarchiHover over the chart, or focus it and use the left and right arrow keys, to read each year. Every figure is also in the table.Plain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Detailed income and expenditure are filed only by charities with income over £500,000, so some years show the totals only.
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| Financial year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | |||||
| Total income | £409.26k | £374.99k | £560.23k | £466.85k | £436.82k |
| Total expenditure | £278.72k | £357.57k | £397.08k | £501.86k | £436.11k |
| Government income | |||||
| Government contracts | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | £455.99k | Not reported |
| Government grants | £398.07k | £356.67k | £543.01k | Not reported | £402.36k |
| Income by source | |||||
| Donations and legacies | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Legaciespart of donations and legacies | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Charitable activities | Not reported | Not reported | £543.01k | Not reported | Not reported |
| Other trading activities | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Investments | Not reported | Not reported | £17.22k | Not reported | Not reported |
| Endowments | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Other income | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Expenditure by type | |||||
| Charitable activities | Not reported | Not reported | £397.08k | Not reported | Not reported |
| Raising funds | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Grants to institutionspart of charitable activities | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Governance | Not reported | Not reported | £1.72k | Not reported | Not reported |
| Investment management | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
| Other expenditure | Not reported | Not reported | £0 | Not reported | Not reported |
Definitions
- Total income
- Everything the charity received in the year, from all sources, as shown on its annual return.
- Total expenditure
- Everything the charity spent in the year.
- Government contracts
- Income from contracts with central or local government or other public bodies, as the charity declared it. Not reported means the register shows no amount (N/A), which can mean none or that the question was not answered.
- Government grants
- Grants received from central or local government or other public bodies, as declared.
- Donations and legacies
- Gifts and donations, including Gift Aid, and money left to the charity in wills.
- Legacies
- Money left to the charity in wills. Legacies are part of donations and legacies, not extra to them.
- Charitable activities (income)
- Income earned by doing the charity's work, such as fees and contracts for services.
- Other trading activities
- Fundraising trading, such as charity shops, events and sponsorship.
- Investments
- Dividends, interest and rent from the charity's investments.
- Endowments
- New endowment funds received in the year.
- Charitable activities (expenditure)
- Spending on the charity's purposes, including any grants it makes.
- Raising funds
- The cost of fundraising and trading.
- Grants to institutions
- Grants paid to other organisations. Part of spending on charitable activities.
- Governance
- The cost of running the charity as an organisation, such as the audit and trustee meetings.
- Investment management
- The cost of managing the charity's investments.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Assets and liabilities
1 year with detailiPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Only one financial year is on the register so far, so there is no chart yet. The figures are in the table.
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| Financial year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Own use assets | £0 |
| Long-term investments | £0 |
| Other assets | £606.22k |
| Defined benefit pension schemea minus figure is a deficit | £0 |
| Total liabilities | £19.43k |
| Net assetsassets minus liabilities | £586.79k |
Definitions
- Own use assets
- Land, buildings, equipment and other fixed assets the charity uses for its work.
- Long-term investments
- Investments held for the long term, such as shares, bonds or property let to others.
- Other assets
- Current assets: cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments.
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- The surplus (above zero) or deficit (below zero) on a final-salary type pension scheme.
- Total liabilities
- What the charity owes: creditors due within a year and after a year, and provisions. Drawn below zero in the chart and shown as a positive figure in the table, as the register does.
- Net assets
- Assets minus liabilities, including any pension surplus or deficit. Equal to total funds.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Funds and reserves
1 year with detailiPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Scroll sideways for earlier years
| Financial year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Unrestricted funds | £0 |
| Restricted funds | £586.79k |
| Endowment funds | £0 |
| Total funds | £586.79k |
| Reservesas declared by the charity | £586.79k |
| Assets besides buildingsinvestments, cash and money owed to it, before debts | £606.22k |
Definitions
- Unrestricted funds
- Money the trustees can spend on any of the charity's purposes, including funds they have set aside (designated) themselves.
- Restricted funds
- Money that must be spent on particular purposes set by the donor or the terms of an appeal.
- Endowment funds
- Capital the charity must keep, either permanently or until the terms allow it to be spent.
- Total funds
- All funds together. Equal to net assets.
- Reserves
- The charity's own figure for unrestricted funds that are freely available, after setting aside fixed assets and designated funds. Charities explain their reserves policy in their annual report.
- Assets besides buildings
- Long-term investments plus other assets (cash, money owed to the charity and short-term investments), before its debts are paid. If declared reserves are larger than this, they must include buildings.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (extract of 25 October 2026), annual returns, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Accounts and annual returns
Register page (opens in a new tab)iPlain-English summaries of the Charity Commission's own definitions for the annual return. Figures are as the charity filed them.Reporting up to date
On time for the last 2 years. 2 earlier years arrived late.
| Year ending | Due by | Annual return | Accounts | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | 30 January 2026 | 30 January 2026 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | 16 December 2024 | 16 December 2024 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | 12 March 202441 days late | 12 March 202441 days late | Late by 41 days | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | 2 December 2022 | 16 September 2022 | On time | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | 14 November 2022287 days late | 18 March 202246 days late | Late by 287 days | On the register (opens in a new tab)Charity CommissionAccounts (opens in a new tab)Companies House, PDF |
Accounts filed at Companies House
Company 04882639 has made 22 accounts filings since 2004. Each links to the copy at Companies House where it has been published online.
| Made up to | Filed on | Type | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 20 October 2025 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)24 pages |
| 31 March 2024 | 1 November 2024 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)24 pages |
| 31 March 2023 | 18 December 2023 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)10 pages |
| 31 March 2022 | 22 September 2022 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)22 pages |
| 31 March 2021 | 14 October 2021 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages |
| 31 March 2020 | 24 November 2020 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)23 pages |
| 31 March 2019 | 15 October 2019 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)19 pages |
| 31 March 2018 | 6 December 2018 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2017 | 27 November 2017 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2016 | 23 November 2016 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2015 | 23 October 2015 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2014 | 29 December 2014 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2013 | 13 December 2013 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2012 | 19 December 2012 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2011 | 28 October 2011 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2010 | 20 September 2010 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)18 pages |
| 31 March 2009 | 30 January 2010 | Total exemption full accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)20 pages |
| 31 March 2008 | 15 September 2008 | Total exemption small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)7 pages |
| 31 March 2007 | 4 October 2007 | Total exemption small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)5 pages |
| 31 March 2006 | 22 January 2007 | Total exemption small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)5 pages |
| 31 March 2005 | 24 January 2006 | Total exemption small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)5 pages |
| 31 March 2004 | 29 September 2004 | Total exemption small accounts | View PDF (opens in a new tab)5 pages |
Definitions
- Annual return
- The yearly return a charity sends to the Charity Commission. It is due 10 months after the end of the financial year. Charities with income over £10,000, and every CIO, must send one.
- Accounts
- The accounts and trustees' annual report. Required from charities with income over £25,000 and from every CIO; otherwise shown as Not required.
- On time
- Received on or before the due date.
- Late
- Received after the due date. The number of days is counted from the due date.
- Overdue
- Not received, and the due date has passed. Counted to today, or to the date a removed charity left the register.
- Qualified accounts
- The auditor or examiner raised a reservation about the accounts.
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (annual return history), Open Government Licence v3.0. The register keeps the latest five years; earlier years come from older copies we hold. Accounts documents link to the Charity Commission register and to Companies House (filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0). Days late and overdue are worked out from the dates, as of 30 October 2026.
Grants
Funding received
3 grantsiFrom grants published by funders to 360Giving. Not every funder publishes, so this is not a complete record of a charity's income.Grants awarded 1 September 2016 to 17 July 2025.Total from published grants
£37k
£37,011
Grants
3
published to 360Giving
Funders
2
distinct funders
Latest grant
Jul 2025
17 July 2025
By year
iBy year the grant was awarded, in pounds.£3k2016
£15k2024
£19k2025
Funders
2 funders| Funder | Grants | Total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 2 | £22,016 | 2016 to 2025 |
| Sport England | 1 | £14,995 | 2024 |
Grants
newest first| Date | Funder | Title | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2025 | The National Lottery Community Fund | Changing our lives Employability programme | £18,979 |
| 19 September 2024 | Sport England | Community Sports Hub | £14,995 |
| 1 September 2016 | The National Lottery Community Fund | Festive Celebration within the Bestwood area | £3,037 |
Who published this data
Grant records are published by the funders named below to 360Giving, each under the open licence shown. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 where that licence is shown. Governance Register has reformatted the data, removed duplicate rows and matched recipients and funders to register records; it has not changed the amounts or dates published.
About
Purposes and governing document
Register page (opens in a new tab)Charitable objectsiAs filed with the Charity Commission. Clause breaks added for reading; the wording and capitals are unchanged.
THE
- A)
THE
RELIEF OF POVERTY; - B)
THE
RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT; - C)
THE
ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE; - D)
THE
PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES; - E)
THE
PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; - F)
SUCH
OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSIONERS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
What it does
Who it helps
How it helps
- Where it operates
- Local authorities: Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire
- Area of benefit
- LOCAL as filed
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM
AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1 SEPTEMBER 2003 as filed - Register history
- 5 January 2009Registered
- 30 July 2018Received assets from Bestwood Estates Community Association CIO (1162141)
Policies the charity says it has
Governing documents at Companies House
- 1 September 2003Incorporation documents
Read them in the filing history at Companies House (opens in a new tab)
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities (governing document, classification, area of operation, register history and policies), and Companies House filing history, Open Government Licence v3.0.
About
- Website
- www.bestwood.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Bestwood Partnership
- Registered
- 2009