Registered charity · Bedford
Country Days Limited
- 8 trustees
- Income £60k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Countess Helen OrssichChair · since 2018
- Anna Mary LewesTrustee · since 2025
- Claire Frances InnesTrustee · since 2019
- DR Esme Victoria ANN Pickernell WatkinsonTrustee · since 2018
- Francis Joseph McmahonTrustee · since 2019
- Helen Teresa WatkinsonTrustee · since 2019
- Margaret CampbellTrustee · since 2019
- Timothy SergeantTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Bedford
- Website
- countrydays.net (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Country Days Limited
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£60k£53k
- 2023£30k£42k
- 2022£57k£50k
Earlier years
- 2021£55k£37k
- 2020£39k£12k
Charitable objects
•TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 11 LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD BY PROVIDING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING AGED 7 - 11 LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Countess Helen Orssich Chair since 2018
- Anna Mary Lewes since 2025
- Claire Frances Innes since 2019
- DR Esme Victoria ANN Pickernell Watkinson since 2018
- Francis Joseph Mcmahon since 2019
- Helen Teresa Watkinson since 2019
- Margaret Campbell since 2019
- Timothy Sergeant since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Countess Helen Orssich Chair since 2018
- Claire Frances Innes since 2019
- DR Esme Victoria ANN Pickernell Watkinson since 2018
- Francis Joseph Mcmahon since 2019
- Helen Teresa Watkinson since 2019
- Margaret Campbell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Countess Helen Orssich Chair since 2018
- Anna Mary Lewes since 2025
- Claire Frances Innes since 2019
- DR Esme Victoria ANN Pickernell Watkinson since 2018
- Francis Joseph Mcmahon since 2019
- Helen Teresa Watkinson since 2019
- Margaret Campbell since 2019
- Timothy Sergeant since 2025
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
- 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1181833
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 JUN 2018AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15 JAN 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 11433398 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07599336532 · info@countrydays.net
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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