The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Bletsoe Town Close Charity

Registered charity 200054 Registered since 1961

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.

3 trustees on the board

10.5y median 10.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£571 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Phone01234781884
Address64 The Avenue, Bletsoe, Bedford, MK44 1QD

Finances

£571 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£500£410
2022£500£450
2023£558£1,757
2024£570£565
2025£571£450

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BLETSOE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Governing document: SCHEME SEALED 10TH APRIL 1975

Trustees (3)

3trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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