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Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 62

  1. Mark Robert Liddiard 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Craig James Smith 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Hina Shafi 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Sharmila Luxmibye Sohanpal 2019-2019 Director View profile
  5. Ian Riches 2018-2024 Director View profile
  6. Eric Masih 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Stephen Charles Holroyd 2016-2022 Director View profile
  8. Tim Hill 2015-2024 Director View profile
  9. Wheeler, John, Cllr 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Colin Detrick Caldicott 2014-2017 Director View profile
  11. David Murray Eales 2014-2015 Director View profile
  12. Klimas, Lynda, Revd Canon 2013-2016 Director View profile
  13. Giovanna Genovese-Plumb 2013-2015 Director View profile
  14. Phillip Roger Thompson 2013-2014 Director View profile
  15. David Alan Adams 2012-2017 Director View profile
  16. Dr John Stewart May 2012-2020 Director View profile
  17. Penny Winifred Fletcher 2011-2013 Director View profile
  18. Dr Timothy John Hedges 2010-2020 Director View profile
  19. Barry Stanley George 2010-2024 Director View profile
  20. Jennifer Ann Dancy 2010-2012 Director View profile
  21. Ian James Kelly 2009-2022 Director View profile
  22. John Hilbert Lewis 2007-2020 Director View profile
  23. Frederick Nigel Sparrow 2007-2017 Director View profile
  24. Robert James Barnes 2007-2008 Director View profile
  25. David Leonard Morgan 2007-2017 Director View profile
  26. Lynette Oskarl Warren 2007-2011 Director View profile
  27. Ann Lovesey 2007-2025 Director View profile
  28. Richard Alan Rochester 2007-2013 Director View profile
  29. Thelma Lillian Marks 2006-2009 Director View profile
  30. Lesley Ann Lodge 2006-2009 Director View profile
  31. Brian George Prickett 2005-2023 Director View profile
  32. David Bartram 2005-2015 Director View profile
  33. Jacquie Raye Manners 2005-2007 Director View profile
  34. Anthony Edward Davison 2004-2010 Director View profile
  35. Judith Louise Robinson 2004-2015 Director View profile
  36. Andrew Keith Simpson 2004-2006 Director View profile
  37. Olney, Patricia Margaret, Cllr 2002-2011 Director View profile
  38. David Christopher Quin 2002-2005 Director View profile
  39. Michael Anthony Grant 2001-2014 Director View profile
  40. Alice Frances Crampin 2001-2007 Director View profile
  41. Terence Charles Read 2001-2005 Director View profile
  42. Thompson, David William, Councillor 2000-2013 Director View profile
  43. Michael George Kenworthy 2000-2004 Director View profile
  44. Alan Derek Walden 1999-2004 Director View profile
  45. Norman Bryan Costin 1998-2013 Director View profile
  46. Morrell, Nigel Paul, Revd Canon 1997-2005 Director View profile
  47. Jocelyn Mary Hincks 1997-2000 Director View profile
  48. Lady Eileen Grace Odell 1997-2001 Director View profile
  49. Dorothy E M Ward 1997-2001 Director View profile
  50. Brian Guy Woodrow 1997-2001 Director View profile
  51. Richard Irvin Payne 1997-2005 Director View profile
  52. Ian Desmond Clifton 1997-2010 Director View profile
  53. Valerie Hartley 1997-2004 Director View profile
  54. Eileen Elsie Parker 1997-2005 Director View profile
  55. Right Rev John Henry Richardson 1997-2001 Director View profile
  56. Muriel Constance Sheard 1997-2006 Director View profile
  57. Anthony Duggan 1997-1998 Director View profile
  58. John Arthur Terry 1997-1997 Director View profile
  59. Derek Henry Payne 1997-2007 Director View profile
  60. Desmond Dennis Salmon 1997-1999 Director View profile
  61. Tracy Cowan 2018-2025 Secretary View profile
  62. Jonathan Miles Boswell 2014-2019 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
04/03/1997
Also a registered charity
Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Financials

Net assets
£1,968,198
Total assets
£1,119,285
Cash
£581,072
Employees
83
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

22 grants · £2,959,105 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £1,886,500 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £872,429 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £92,868 (4 grants)
  • Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation · £65,614 (5 grants)
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £30,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

11 directors on the board

8.9y median 2.6y
average tenure
29.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (4)

Left in the last 12 months

  • Ann Lovesey Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2025

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Business services 2Education 1Health and social care 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
03327628
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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