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Registered charity · Bedfordshire

Friends for Life Bedfordshire

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £113k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
Website
www.friendsforlife.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Friends for Life Bedfordshire
Registered
2016

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£113k£84k
  • 2024£75k£87k
  • 2023£56k£50k
Earlier years
  • 2022£57k£52k
  • 2021£43k£28k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE RESIDING IN CARE HOMES AND OTHER SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN BEDFORDSHIRE BY THE FOLLOWING:(I) PROVIDING TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO VISIT AND BEFRIEND RESIDENTS, AND(II) DEVELOPING ACTIVITIES FOR PARTICIPATION BY RESIDENTS,IN THE INTERESTS OF RELIEVING LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION AND IMPROVING THE WELFARE OF AND THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE RESIDENTS.

Grants received

17 grants · £393,670 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

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.

8 trustees on the board

1.4y median 1y
average tenure
3y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
16.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 8Accommodation/housing 1Education/training 1

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 12Education 3Property 2

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£113k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1165730
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/02/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/02/2016 as amended on 07 Sept 2016
Companies House
Company number 07951058 · Active
Contact on the register
07460575410 · hello@friendsforlife.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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