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Peat's Educational Foundation

Peat's Educational Foundation is a registered charity (number 1186071) based in Bedford, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Gary John Markham since 2001. Latest income £36k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £36k (2024)

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
Education/training
Where
Bedford
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£36k£10k
  • 2023£79k£38k
  • 2022£32k£13k
Earlier years
  • 2021£109k£30k
  • 2020£21k£41k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE WILDEN CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS THE COSTS OF MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHOOL.2. PROMOTING EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN THE PARISH OF WILDEN.3. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT SCHOOLS SERVING THE PARISH OF WILDEN BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOLS.

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.

4 trustees on the board

19.8y median 18.5y
average tenure
36y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

19.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (3)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£36k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1186071
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Oct 2019
Contact on the register
01234771117 · annemarkham@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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