Registered charity · Bedford
Biddenham Village Hall
- 13 trustees
- Income £40k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Phil InnessChair · since 2006
- Alan Eckett-BrownTrustee · since 2025
- David WatsonTrustee · since 2002
- John Edward GreengrassTrustee
- John EsamTrustee · since 2016
- Julia JohnsonTrustee · since 2016
- Linzi ParryTrustee · since 2025
- Liz HurfordTrustee · since 2018
- Maddy AndersonTrustee · since 2025
- Martin MatthewsTrustee · since 2025
- Obed Martin HosegoodTrustee · since 2011
- Richard Charles O'QuinnTrustee · since 2023
- Rosemary HoughtonTrustee · since 2020
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, Recreation
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Website
- www.biddenhamvillagehall.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£40k£22k
- 2024£20k£51k
- 2023£20k£19k
Earlier years
- 2022£18k£13k
- 2021£30k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 54%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE USE OF THE INHABITANTS OF BIDDENHAM AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS AND IN PARTICULAR FOR USE FOR MEETINGS, LECTURES AND CLASSES AND FOR OTHER FORMS OF RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Phil Inness Chair since 2006
- Alan Eckett-Brown since 2025
- David Watson since 2002
- John Edward Greengrass
- John Esam since 2016
- Julia Johnson since 2016
- Linzi Parry since 2025
- Liz Hurford since 2018
- Maddy Anderson since 2025
- Martin Matthews since 2025
- Obed Martin Hosegood since 2011
- Richard Charles O'Quinn since 2023
- Rosemary Houghton since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Phil Inness Chair since 2006
- David Watson since 2002
- John Esam since 2016
- Julia Johnson since 2016
- Liz Hurford since 2018
- Obed Martin Hosegood since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Phil Inness Chair since 2006
- Alan Eckett-Brown since 2025
- David Watson since 2002
- John Edward Greengrass
- John Esam since 2016
- Julia Johnson since 2016
- Linzi Parry since 2025
- Liz Hurford since 2018
- Maddy Anderson since 2025
- Martin Matthews since 2025
- Obed Martin Hosegood since 2011
- Richard Charles O'Quinn since 2023
- Rosemary Houghton since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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.
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
- 300004
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEEDS DATED 3RD MARCH 1960 AND 10TH JUNE 1960 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF THE 20TH JANUARY 1976
- Contact on the register
- 07867511611 · richard@oquinn.co.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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