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Registered charity · Bedford

Amicus Trust

The objects for which the Association is established are the relief of poverty, sickness and old age inparticular (but without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing words) for the relief of poverty ofpersons who by reason of mental or...

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £8.4m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Accommodation/housing
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and more
Website
www.amicustrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Amicus Trust Limited
Registered
1975

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£8.4m£8.8m
  • 2024£8.3m£8.1m
  • 2023£7.5m£6.9m
Earlier years
  • 2022£6.6m£6.1m
  • 2021£6.3m£5.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects for which the Association is established are the relief of poverty, sickness and old age inparticular (but without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing words) for the relief of poverty ofpersons who by reason of mental or physical infirmity are unable to fulfil their duties as citizens or theirobligations to their employers, in particular but not exclusively, through the provision of social andsupported housing and related activities.

Grants received

12 grants · £1,336,789 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

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.

3 trustees on the board

6.5y median 6.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

21.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (1)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 2Education/training 2Amateur Sport 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1Other 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 4Manufacturing 3Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£8.4m latest income
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.

8.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.9 in 2021

98 from 80 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
268639
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28/08/1974AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/11/1988AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 22/03/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/06/2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/11/2014 as amended on 14 Nov 2021
Companies House
Company number 01182060 · Active
Contact on the register
01234358478 · info@amicustrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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