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Registered charity (CIO) · Bedford

Bedford Foodbank

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £623k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Bedford
Website
www.bedford.foodbank.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£623k£713k
  • 2024£679k£791k
  • 2023£864k£682k
Earlier years
  • 2022£609k£511k
  • 2021£268k£131k
Charitable objects

THE ORGANISATION'S PURPOSES ARE :THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST PEOPLE IN BEDFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BYI. PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION Y CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTYII. SUCH OTHER MEANS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES.III. AND TO PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, SUPPORTED BY ESTABLISHED CHURCHES IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT

Board analysis for researchers

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

2y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Transport 3Other services 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • 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£623k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

7.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 9.5 in 2021

7 from 4 in 2022
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1179538
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 14 Aug 2018 as amended on 19 Oct 2024
Contact on the register
01234268569 · info@bedford.foodbank.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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