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The ST James Biddenham Trust

The ST James Biddenham Trust is a registered charity (number 286767) based in Bedford, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by DR B Johnson. Latest income £348 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £348 (2025)

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Who leads it

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
Bedford
Registered
1983

Income and spending

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

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

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

4y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
2.7y
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

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
286767
Status
Registered
Governing document
DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1ST MAY 1982
Contact on the register
07966148459 · bjandjmj@btinternet.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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