The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Bickford Rest Centre

Registered charity 900397 Registered since 1990

Operates: Devon

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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

5.7y median 5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Other Charitable Purposes 7Accommodation/housing 6General Charitable Purposes 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 1

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£18k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
54 days
Latest accounts filed after the due dateiFiled after the due dateDate the accounts were received minus the reporting due date, latest filed cycle, Charity Commission register.

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

Emailrick@ricksmale.com
Phone01805622419
Address16 Taddiport, GREAT TORRINGTON, Devon, EX38 8AT

Finances

£17,701 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£11,639£7,648
2022£24,914£9,694
2023£90,775£114,451
2024£14,174£19,087
2025£17,701£19,106

What it does

What

DisabilityAccommodation/housingOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Elderly/old People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE AGED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW IS OR IN THE FUTURE MAY BE DEEMED BY LAW TO BE CHARITABLE WITHIN THE TOWN OF GREAT TORRINGTON (OTHERWISE TORRINGTON) AND ITS DISTRICT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE A CENTRE WHERE THE ELDERLY OF THE TOWN AND DISTRICT WILL BE ABLE TO MEET AND TO ENGAGE IN SOCIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 24TH NOVEMBER 1987

Trustees (7)

7trustees
78median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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