Bedford Educational Association

Registered charity 307529 Registered since 1962

Operates: Central Bedfordshire, Bedford, Luton

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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.

7 trustees on the board

8y median 9y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Nicola Reddy Chair since 2015
Matthew Rawlinson since 2015
Michael David Ward since 2019

15.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

company-linked trustees

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 2Education 2Other services 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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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.

Also active in the same field

ELM Park Community Association Similar size; both General purposes
Aspatria and District Community Charity Asssociation Similar size; both General purposes
The Hedgehogs Similar size; both General purposes
Bradford North District Scout Council Similar size; both General purposes
Croydon Supplementary Education Project (Csep) Similar size; both General purposes
Voluntary and Community Action East Cambridgeshire Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://www.beacharity.co.uk/
Email	grantsbea@gmail.com
Phone	01234300500
Address	Bedford Educational Association, Argent House, 5 Goldington Road, BEDFORD, MK40 3JY

Finances

£85,573 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£80,577	£78,145
2022	£76,891	£79,956
2023	£78,504	£57,185
2024	£85,498	£87,710
2025	£85,573	£90,816

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO ARE LIVING IN OR ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN BEDFORDSHIRE BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND/OR BY THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES AND GRANTS FROM CAPITAL AND/OR INCOME FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 2ND NOVEMBER 1920, AS AMENDED 14TH JANUARY 2002. as amended on 12 Jan 2026

Trustees (7)

7trustees

45median age

2aged 70+

Nicola Reddyage 45 Chair since 2015
DR Robert Oakleyage 72
Lindsey Elizabeth Cebulaage 74
Lisa Mary Woodrowage 51 since 2023
MRS Catherine Saenger
Matthew Rawlinsonage 41 since 2015
Michael David Wardage 41 since 2019

Linked company (Companies House)

Bedford Educational Association · 00171179 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 02/11/1920

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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