The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

MEN in Sheds Bedford

Registered charity 1174339 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: 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.

5 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.2y
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.

General Charitable Purposes 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.

Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£9k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.meninshedsbedford.org.uk
Emailmeninshedsbedford@gmail.com
Phone07592 483336
AddressC/O BEDFORD ARTS & CRAFTS CENTRE, AMPTHILL ROAD, BEDFORD, MK429HE

Finances

£8,750 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£6,617£377
2022£5,807£7,506
2023£4,489£6,225
2024£6,879£5,799
2025£8,750£6,800

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Provides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF (PRIMARILY) MEN'S GOOD HEALTH IN THE BEDFORD AREA, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED, UNEMPLOYED OR HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR HOBBIES, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS INCLUDING PRACTICAL INTERESTS, SKILLS SHARING, THE LEARNING OF NEW SKILLS, AND HELPING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 23 Aug 2017

Trustees (5)

5trustees
64median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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