The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The ST James Biddenham Trust

Registered charity 286767 Registered since 1983

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.

3 trustees on the board

4y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

1
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 3Education/training 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.

Education 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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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£348 latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Emailbjandjmj@btinternet.com
Phone07966148459
Address2 QUEENS CLOSE, BIDDENHAM, BEDFORD, MK40 4AB

Finances

£348 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£18£0
2022£8£0
2023£118£0
2024£278£0
2025£348£0

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY ECCLESIASTICAL PURPOSES AFFECTING THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES AND TO FURTHER THE OBJECTS AND WORK OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION THEREIN INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMIT TO: A) THE AUGMENTATION OF THE ENDOWMENT OF THE CHURCH OF ST. JAMES BIDDENHAM. B) THE REPAIR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE CHURCH OF ST. JAMES BIDDENHAM, AND THE FURNITURE AND UPKEEP THEREOF. C) PROVISION FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE SERVICES OF THE CHURCH OF ST. JAMES, BIDDENHAM INCLUDING THE EXPENSES OF THE ORGAN AND DECOR THEREOF.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1ST MAY 1982

Trustees (3)

3trustees
79median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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