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Registered charity · Epping

The Baker's Benevolent Society

The Baker's Benevolent Society is a registered charity (number 211307) based in Epping, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Christopher Tomkins. Latest income £810k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The BBS (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £810k (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
Website
www.bakersbenevolent.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£810k£688k
  • 2024£912k£628k
  • 2023£654k£589k
Earlier years
  • 2022£587k£551k
  • 2021£600k£597k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 24%. From the charity's annual return.

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.

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.

4.5y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
211307
Status
Registered
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
Contact on the register
01992575951 · bbs@bakersbenevolent.co.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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