The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Baker's Benevolent Society

Registered charity 211307 Registered since 1965

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

4.5y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

1
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 8Accommodation/housing 7Disability 1Education/training 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Property 2Construction 1Health and social care 1

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£810k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

13 from 13 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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

Websitewww.bakersbenevolent.co.uk
Emailbbs@bakersbenevolent.co.uk
Phone01992575951
Address23 Bakers Lane, Epping, CM16 5DQ

Finances

£809,933 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£599,573£597,097
2022£587,351£551,208
2023£653,880£589,366
2024£912,190£628,219
2025£809,933£687,930

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE FOR OUT DOOR ANNUITANTS AND A PENSION WITH ALMSHOUSE FOR OCCUPATION AND SUPPORT OF AGED, DECAYED MASTER BAKERS AND THEIR WIVES, ALSO WIDOWS DURING WIDOWHOOD, AND SINGLE WOMEN WHO HAVE CARRIED ON THE SAME BUSINESS ON THEIR OWN ACCOUNT.

Governing document: RULES OF THE YEAR 1874 AND COMPRISED IN AN ORDER OF THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (CHANCERY DIVISION) OF THE 27/11/1962, SCHEME OF THE 26/10/1970 AND RULES AS AMENDED 28/4/1971

Trustees (8)

8trustees
69median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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