Registered charity · Bedfordshire
Marsh Farm Futures
- 5 trustees
- Income £798k (2025)
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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing and 4 more
- Where
- Luton
- Website
- www.marshfarmfutures.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Marsh Farm Futures
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£798k£980k
- 2024£736k£940k
- 2023£636k£873k
Earlier years
- 2022£3.6m£632k
- 2021£672k£602k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 16%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
4.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION (AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:4.1.1 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP: 4.1.2 THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT: 4.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE: 4.1.4 THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR BUSINESS ADVICE OR CONSULTANCY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE IN CASES OF FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEED THROUGH HELP: (A) IN SETTING UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS, OR (B) TO EXISTING BUSINESSES: 4.1.5 THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS, AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS: 4.1.6 THE PROVISION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT EXTEND TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING: 4.1.7 THE MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC AMENITIES: 4.1.8 THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE: 4.1.9 THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE OR THOSE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES: 4.1.10 THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT: 4.1.11 THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND CHILDCARE: 4.1.12 THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME: 4.1.13 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.
Grants received
10 grants · £246,745 total360Giving 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
- Power to Change Trust · £209,068 (4 grants)
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £23,543 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,800
- Sport England · £4,334
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Amy Nicholls since 2023
- Bhavesh Patel since 2013
- David Crean
- Robert John Goodwin since 2019
- Robert Roche since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Bhavesh Patel since 2013
- Robert John Goodwin since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Amy Nicholls since 2023
- Bhavesh Patel since 2013
- David Crean
- Robert John Goodwin since 2019
- Robert Roche since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
54.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 40.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1138854
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 15 SEPTEMBER 2010
- Companies House
- Company number 06853242 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01582512555 · info@marshfarmfutures.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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