Bedford Division Guides

Registered charity 285623 Registered since 1982

Operates: Bedford

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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

2.6y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (1)

MRS Gill Lake since 2021

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 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Narrow spread of causes across the board
Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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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

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2025

incomespending£29k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Anglia Region of the Guide Association 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Marketing Skills Trust Limited Similar size; both Education
1ST Fordingbridge Scout Group Similar size; both Education
Tatsfield Primary School Parent and Teachers Association Similar size; both Education
Courthill P.T.A. Similar size; both Education
The Piotr Maciej & Henryka Maria Kozlowski Charitable Trust Similar size; both Education

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	g.lake@talk21.com
Phone	01234218091
Address	32 CONNAUGHT WAY, BEDFORD, MK41 7LB

Finances

£28,925 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£26,031	£13,042
2022	£23,814	£41,490
2023	£27,129	£42,079
2024	£152,139	£39,652
2025	£28,925	£38,486

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Human Resources

Charitable objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF GIRLS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER 14 DECEMBER 1922

Trustees (5)

5trustees

0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

Anglia Region of the Guide Association 1 shared trustee

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