Registered charity · Bedford
Elstow Playing Field
- 13 trustees
- Income £109k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James Edward WellingChair · since 2018
- Anita WellingTrustee · since 2022
- Audrey CarrTrustee
- David AndersonTrustee · since 2022
- David GinnTrustee · since 2022
- Emily SaintTrustee · since 2022
- Geoffrey John CoulingTrustee · since 2012
- Margaret HinsonTrustee
- Matthew StevensTrustee · since 2016
- Nicola ChapmanTrustee · since 2022
- Roland SimmondsTrustee
- Susan Jennifer AndersonTrustee
- Timothy Francis SimmonsTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Central Bedfordshire, Bedford
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£109k£146k
- 2024£23k£18k
- 2023£30k£18k
Earlier years
- 2022£20k£13k
- 2021£24k£15k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
RECREATION GROUND.
Grants received
3 grants · £20,900 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
- Sport England · £15,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,900
- Harpur Trust · £1,000
Most recent
- 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.
13 trustees on the board
- James Edward Welling Chair since 2018
- Audrey Carr
- Anita Welling since 2022
- David Anderson since 2022
- David Ginn since 2022
- Emily Saint since 2022
- Geoffrey John Couling since 2012
- Margaret Hinson
- Matthew Stevens since 2016
- Nicola Chapman since 2022
- Roland Simmonds
- Susan Jennifer Anderson
- Timothy Francis Simmons since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- James Edward Welling Chair since 2018
- Geoffrey John Couling since 2012
- Matthew Stevens since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Audrey Carr
- David Ginn since 2022
- Emily Saint since 2022
- Margaret Hinson
- Timothy Francis Simmons since 2022
Portfolio (8)
- James Edward Welling Chair since 2018
- Anita Welling since 2022
- David Anderson since 2022
- Geoffrey John Couling since 2012
- Matthew Stevens since 2016
- Nicola Chapman since 2022
- Roland Simmonds
- Susan Jennifer Anderson
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
- 300028
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONVEYANCE DATED 26TH JULY 1961
- Contact on the register
- 07981390227 · jimwelling@ntlworld.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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