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Registered charity · Shefford

The Bedfordshire Association of Church Bell Ringers

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £33k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford
Website
www.bacbr.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1972

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£33k£2k
  • 2024£14k£1k
  • 2023£5k£1k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4k£1k
  • 2021£3k£1k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

PROMOTING THE RINGING OF BELLS FOR CHURCH SERVICES AND ON OTHER APPROPRIATE OCCASIONS ENCOURAGING THE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF RINGERS AND ADVANCING THE ART OF CHANGE RINGING. SUPPORTING THE CARE, MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENT AND RESTORATION OF BELLS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE ASSOCIATION. FURTHERING AN APPRECIATION OF BELLS AND BELL RINGING AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

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

7y median 7y
average tenure
17y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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£33k 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
263781
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED 13/03/1882AS AMENDED ON 01/05/1970AS AMENDED ON 18/05/2013AS AMENDED ON 20 MAY 2023
Contact on the register
01462817530 · treasurer@bacbr.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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