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The Harvey Cottages Charity

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £13k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th 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
Accommodation/housing
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£13k£15k
  • 2024£13k£14k
  • 2023£13k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2022£13k£15k
  • 2021£13k£13k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE GOVERNING DOCUMENT WILL TAKE EFFECT WITH:(1) CLAUSE 30 REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING:30. QUALIFICATION OF ALMSPEOPLE.¨ (1) THE ALMSPEOPLE SHALL BE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.(2) WHEN CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT, THE TRUSTEES MUST GIVE PREFERENCE, IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY, TO: (A) WOMEN;(B) PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THE PARISH OF NORTHILL; OR (C) DESCENDENTS OF SARAH JANE WAGSTAFFE.

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.

5 trustees on the board

9.6y median 9y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 5Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 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.

Hospitality 1Other services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£13k latest income · spending exceeded income 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
204722
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 20TH MARCH 1956 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION DATED 2 JULY 2009
Contact on the register
01767627241
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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