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Registered charity (CIO) · Bedford

Friendship Link & Action Group

Friendship Link & Action Group is a registered charity (number 1165681) based in Bedford, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Laura Michelle Peggs since 2023. Latest income £12k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Flag Bedford (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £12k (2025)
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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
Disability, Recreation
Where
Bedford
Website
flagbedford.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£12k£10k
  • 2024£8k£10k
  • 2023£13k£15k
Earlier years
  • 2022£3k£1k
  • 2021£3k£1k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG DISABLED PEOPLE IN BEDFORD BOROUGH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DISABLED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISABLED PEOPLE AND THEIR CARERS; OUTINGS AND SOCIAL TRIPS INCLUDING TRANSPORT TO AND FROM HOME.

Grants received

3 grants · £16,289 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.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Garfield Weston Foundation £3,0002025-02-05
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,9452022-07-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £3,3442015-12-09
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

3.4y median 2y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 5Recreation 5

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

Professional services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£12k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1165681
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Association Registered 22 Feb 2016
Contact on the register
07891362379 · flag25@hotmail.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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