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Ravensden Community Trust

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £2k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£2k£244
  • 2024£5k£739
  • 2023£1k£4k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1k£193
  • 2021£2k£4k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

ONE OF SUCH PARTS SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR EDUCATION IN SUPPORT OF RAVENSDEN SCHOOL AND RESIDENTS OF THE PARISH OF RAVENSDEN (AS DEFINED BY RAVENSDEN PARISH COUNCIL JURISDICTION). SUCH SUPPORT TO BE REQUESTED IN WRITING TO THE TRUSTEES IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS. ANY SURPLUS EACH YEAR MAY BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES TO APPLY IN FUTURE YEARS. THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME RE-APPLY SUCH SURPLUSES OR PART THEREOF TO THE CAPITAL INVESTED.THE REMAINING TWO THIRDS OF THE NET INCOME SHALL BE APPLIED BY THE TRUSTEES FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE PARISH OF RAVENSDEN (AS DEFINED BY RAVENSDEN PARISH COUNCIL JURISDICTION) AND THOSE IN NEED WITHIN IT. SUCH BENEFITS SHOULD BE REQUESTED IN WRITING TO THE TRUSTEES IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS. THE TRUSTEES MAY ALSO MAKE PAYMENTS FROM TIME TO TIME TO COMMUNITY PROJECT OR PERSONS IN NEED THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY OTHERS. ANY SURPLUS EACH YEAR MAY BE RETAINED BY THE TRUSTEES TO APPLY IN FUTURE YEARS. THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME RE-APPLY SUCH SURPLUSES OR PART THEREOF TO THE CAPITAL INVESTED.

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.

6 trustees on the board

11y median 11.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

2
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 6Economic/community Development/employment 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Health and social care 2Property 1

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.

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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£5k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
200164
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 03/12/1897AS AMENDED BY SCHEME DATED 17/06/1963AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 26/05/2015
Contact on the register
01234771919 · alisonbaggott@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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