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Registered charity · Bedford

Municipal Charities

Municipal Charities is a registered charity (number 200566) based in Bedford, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Councillor Jon Abbott since 2019. Latest income £46k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £46k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Bedford
Registered
1961

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£46k£36k
  • 2024£45k£34k
  • 2023£43k£34k
Earlier years
  • 2022£41k£35k
  • 2021£43k£32k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS

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.

3.4y median 3y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.7y
average years in governance
1
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 9

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

Agriculture 1Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£46k latest income · income exceeded spending 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
200566
Status
Registered
Governing document
SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS as amended on 11 Sep 2014 as amended on 13 Mar 2024
Contact on the register
01234228193 · lynn.mckenna@bedford.gov.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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