Registered charity · Bedford
Progressability.ORG
- 5 trustees
- Income £564k (2025)
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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and more
- Website
- www.a4sbedford.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Progressability.ORG
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£564k£512k
- 2024£433k£433k
- 2023£372k£394k
Earlier years
- 2022£324k£332k
- 2021£278k£312k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, MENTORING AND COUNSELLING FOR THOSE OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS AND CURRENT OR FUTURE LEADERS WITHIN THE UK AND ABROAD AND IN DOING SO ASSIST THEM IN GROWING TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF CHRISTIAN VALUES.TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF SPORTS AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF URBAN AND RURAL AREAS WITHIN THE UK AND ABROAD WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING WITHIN A FRAMEWORK OF CHRISTIAN VALUES.
Grants received
4 grants · £195,288 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
- BBC Children in Need · £160,288 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £25,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Brian Charles Burke Chair since 2011
- James Edward Allen since 2015
- Michelle Boness since 2024
- Pamela Layton since 2019
- Shirley Crosbie since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Charles Burke Chair since 2011
- James Edward Allen since 2015
- Pamela Layton since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Brian Charles Burke Chair since 2011
- James Edward Allen since 2015
- Michelle Boness since 2024
- Pamela Layton since 2019
- Shirley Crosbie since 2024
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1142732
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/06/2011
- Companies House
- Company number 07678748 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01234272140 · info@a4sbedford.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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