Registered charity · Bedford
Bedford Players Trust
- 7 trustees
- Income £247k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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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
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Website
- www.theplacebedford.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Bedford Players Trust
- Registered
- 1984
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£247k£252k
- 2024£286k£315k
- 2023£267k£285k
Earlier years
- 2022£290k£293k
- 2021£185k£183k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN DRAMATIC AND OPERATIC ARTS. (B) TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC APPRECIATION IN THE SAID ARTS.
Grants received
7 grants · £46,266 total360Giving 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £16,558 (2 grants)
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £15,510 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £9,202
- McCarthy Stone Foundation · £4,996
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Brenton Jackson since 2013
- Deborah Maggs since 2024
- Julie Helen Blunt since 2021
- Justin Deaville since 2023
- Lee Knapp since 2023
- Lorna Dawson since 2025
- Stacy Carpenter since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Brenton Jackson since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Brenton Jackson since 2013
- Julie Helen Blunt since 2021
- Justin Deaville since 2023
- Lee Knapp since 2023
- Lorna Dawson since 2025
- Stacy Carpenter since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Deborah Maggs since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 290124
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 7TH AUGUST 1984 - AMENDED 21ST JULY 1986 as amended on 20 Apr 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 01839042 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01234354321 · info@theplacebedford.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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