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Registered charity · Bedford

Bedfordshire Family History Society

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £14k (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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Central Bedfordshire, Luton, Bedford
Website
www.bfhs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1981

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£14k£14k
  • 2024£11k£19k
  • 2023£11k£10k
Earlier years
  • 2022£11k£12k
  • 2021£14k£10k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY SHALL BE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE STUDY OF FAMILY HISTORY, GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE.

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.

11 trustees on the board

8.6y median 6.5y
average tenure
30y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • 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£14k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
281677
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 7TH NOVEMBER 1980 AS AMENDED 7 FEBRUARY 2003. as amended on 10 Jun 2022
Contact on the register
07753279738 · bfhs@bfhs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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