The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Franklyn Educational Trust for Thurleigh

Registered charity 307465 Registered since 1967

Operates: 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.

8 trustees on the board

12.8y median 12y
average tenure
25y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£6k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

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

Phone01234772948
AddressROBINS FOLLY COTTAGE, ROBINS FOLLY, THURLEIGH, BEDFORD, MK44 2EQ

Finances

£5,599 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£4,685£5,291
2021£4,487£4,302
2022£4,727£3,687
2023£5,404£4,366
2024£5,599£3,075

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To Individuals

Charitable objects

(1) THE PROMOTION OF THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT INCLUDING THE SUPPORT OF A SUNDAY SCHOOL AT ST PETER'S CHURCH, THURLEIGH.

Governing document: SCHEME DATED 06/04/2001AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 02/10/2015

Trustees (8)

8trustees
77median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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