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Bideford and District Community Archive Council

Bideford and District Community Archive Council is a registered charity (number 293150) based in Northam, governed by 5 trustees. Latest income £6k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Bideford and District Community Archive (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £6k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
Where
Devon
Website
www.bidefordarchive.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6k£5k
  • 2024£6k£3k
  • 2023£3k£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£4k£5k
  • 2021£4k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF BIDEFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA IN PARTICULAR BY THE COLLECTION AND PRESERVATION OF DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELEVANT TO THE DISTRICT AND BY ASSISTING IN THE PROTECTION OF THE PHYSICAL REMAINS OF THE PAST; 2. TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THE WORK OF THE BIDEFORD COMMUNITY ARCHIVE.

Grants received

1 grant · £4,950 total

360Giving 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 Heritage Fund · £4,950

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4,9502000-08-29
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.

6.6y median 6y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
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 5Education/training 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£6k 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
293150
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11TH DECEMBER 1985 as amended on 16 Nov 2020 as amended on 16 Nov 2020
Contact on the register
01237421274 · enquiries@bidefordarchive.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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