The Sandy Charities
Registered charity 237145 Registered since 1964
Operates: Central Bedfordshire
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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.
9 trustees on the board
- Colin Osborne Chair since 2016
- Benjamin Bardell since 2020
- Christine Summerfield
- Catherine Brighton since 2026
- Karen Hayward since 2015
- Paul John Sharman since 2015
- Rev Jodie Natasha Brown since 2024
- Tracey Stock since 2026
- Valerie ANN Haygarth since 2014
6.5y median 8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Osborne Chair since 2016
- Benjamin Bardell since 2020
- Karen Hayward since 2015
- Paul John Sharman since 2015
- Valerie ANN Haygarth since 2014
8y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Benjamin Bardell since 2020
- Christine Summerfield
- Catherine Brighton since 2026
- Karen Hayward since 2015
- Tracey Stock since 2026
- Valerie ANN Haygarth since 2014
Portfolio (3)
- Colin Osborne Chair since 2016
- Paul John Sharman since 2015
- Rev Jodie Natasha Brown since 2024
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Religious Activities 2General 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.
Health and social care 2Other services 1Retail and trade 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.
incomespending£14k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.
Related organisations
Connected through a shared trustee
- The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Anglo Peruvian Children's Charity Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Hope of Glory Ambassadors International Similar size; both Poverty relief
- International Association for Digital Publications Similar size; both Poverty relief
- The D&E Charitable Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| valeriehaygarth@btinternet.com | |
| Phone | 01767680251 |
| Address | 19 THE GREEN, BEESTON, SANDY, SG19 1PE |
Finances
£8,766 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | £8,236 | £16,871 |
| 2023 | £12,047 | £14,750 |
| 2024 | £10,767 | £12,661 |
| 2025 | £13,564 | £21,369 |
| 2026 | £8,766 | £14,642 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsCharitable objects
SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS
Governing document: SEE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUENTS
Trustees (9)
9trustees
54median age
1aged 70+
- Colin Osborneage band 75-79 Chair since 2016
- Benjamin Bardell since 2020
- Christine Summerfield
- Catherine Brighton since 2026
- Karen Hayward since 2015
- Paul John Sharman since 2015
- Rev Jodie Natasha Brownage band 30-34 since 2024
- Tracey Stock since 2026
- Valerie ANN Haygarth since 2014
Connected charities (2)
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Swithun, Sandy 2 shared trustees
- The Methodist Church - Letchworth Garden City 1 shared trustee
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