The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Carers in Bedfordshire

Registered charity 1135507 Registered since 2010

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford

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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.

10 trustees on the board

2.9y median 1.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (2)

4
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 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Property 2Business services 1

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£1.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

36 from 39 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
80%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.carersinbeds.org.uk
Emailcontact@carersinbeds.org.uk
Phone0300 111 1919
AddressUnit 153, Bedford Heights, Manton Lane, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK41 7PH

Finances

£1,550,842 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,279,996£1,220,437
2022£1,370,372£1,297,366
2023£1,369,899£1,353,057
2024£1,642,035£1,588,409
2025£1,550,842£1,500,621

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE “OBJECTS”) ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL HELP, ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES TO CARERS OR THOSE PERSONS FOR WHOM THEY ARE CARING. A “CARER” IS ANYONE WHO CARES, USUALLY UNPAID, FOR A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER WHO DUE TO ILLNESS, DISABILITY, A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEM OR AN ADDICTION CANNOT COPE WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 JAN 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07 DEC 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 NOV 2016 as amended on 28 Mar 2024 as amended on 18 May 2026

Trustees (10)

10trustees
61median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Carers in Bedfordshire · 07140432 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 29/01/2010

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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