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Registered charity (CIO) · Bedford

The Messengers

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £48k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 2 more
Where
Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Burma and more
Website
www.themessengers.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£48k£54k
  • 2024£38k£40k
  • 2023£43k£49k
Earlier years
  • 2022£66k£73k
  • 2021£47k£49k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

3.1. THE PURPOSES OF THE CIO ARE:3.1.1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH; AND3.1.2. THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND SICKNESSIN PARTICULAR AMONGST TRIBAL OR MINORITY GROUPS.

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.

6 trustees on the board

6y median 6y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (3)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 6Education/training 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Religious Activities 2

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

Utilities 5Other services 4Dormant 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£48k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1185611
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 Oct 2019
Contact on the register
07772407605 · office@themessengers.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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