Registered charity · Bedford
Ravensden Community Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th 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
- 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
- Alison Baggott since 2013
- Bernadette Russell since 2012
- David Bottomley since 2016
- David Jacobs since 2017
- Elizabeth Jane Ferguson since 2019
- Liz Hine since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Baggott since 2013
- Bernadette Russell since 2012
- David Bottomley since 2016
- David Jacobs since 2017
- Elizabeth Jane Ferguson since 2019
- Liz Hine since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Alison Baggott since 2013
- Bernadette Russell since 2012
- David Jacobs since 2017
- Liz Hine since 2013
Portfolio (2)
- David Bottomley since 2016
- Elizabeth Jane Ferguson since 2019
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.
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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
- 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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