The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bedford Choral Society

Registered charity 291518 Registered since 1985

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, 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

4.7y median 5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
12.1y
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.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 3Education/training 3Accommodation/housing 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.

Professional services 2Health and social care 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£35k latest income · spending exceeded income 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

Websitewww.bedfordchoralsociety.org.uk
Emailgeneralsecretary@bedfordchoralsociety.org.uk
Phone07796173720
Address11 MAIN ROAD, BIDDENHAM, BEDFORD, MK40 4BB

Finances

£34,822 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,943£10,710
2022£33,102£36,140
2023£33,796£39,937
2024£39,111£42,576
2025£34,822£44,380

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(1) THE STUDY AND PRACTICE OF CHORAL MUSIC IN ORDER TO FOSTER THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF SUCH MUSIC BY MEANS OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE. (2) TO PROVIDE A REGULAR SERIES OF FIRST CLASS CHORAL CONCERTS BY MAINTAINING A CHORUS, AND BY ENGAGING ORCHESTRAS AND ARTISTS OF HIGH REPUTE.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30/09/1974AS AMENDED ON 18/03/1985AS AMENDED ON 16/05/1988AS AMENDED ON 17/06/1995AS AMENDED ON 12/10/1995AS AMENDED ON 30/10/2000AS AMENDED ON 28/09/2015 as amended on 21 Oct 2019

Trustees (3)

3trustees
63median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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