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Person

Tom Besford

Tom Besford is a trustee of The Federation of Groundwork Trusts (since 2026), Ellenroad Trust Limited (since 2022) and 3 other charities and a director of 2 companies. Source: Charity Commission and Companies House records.

Trustee at The Federation of Groundwork Trusts · Director at The Federation of Groundwork Trusts

  • 7 current roles
  • 6 previous roles
  • Served alongside 113 people

Official record Charity Commission and Companies House · updated 18th October 2026

Roles

13 roles across 12 organisations (7 current, 6 previous)

Rows marked “Likely the same person” come from a record that is a likely relationship: there is sufficient evidence to suggest it concerns the same individual, but it is not established as confirmed. The appointment itself still comes from its official source.

Current roles (7)

Previous roles (6)

Charity trustee roles come from the current Charity Commission register, which lists serving trustees only. Company roles, current and past, come from Companies House.

People Tom has served alongside

113 people across 6 organisations

Based on overlapping official board records. Calculated from official records It does not mean they know each other. Only formal co-service is listed: people are never joined on a matching name alone.

The Federation of Groundwork Trusts 26 people · 1994-present

Groundwork Greater Manchester 23 people · 2020-present

Littleborough Nursing Association Fund 7 people · 2019-present

Moorend Development Trust 6 people · 2022-present

Bury Metropolitan Arts Association 31 people · 1992-2021

People marked “Likely the same person” are reached through a record that is a likely relationship to Tom: there is sufficient evidence to suggest it concerns the same individual, but it is not established as confirmed.

Sources

Charity Commission
Register of Charities: current trustees and appointment dates.
Companies House
Officer appointments and resignations.
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Identity
Records are treated as the same person only where our identity-matching rules support it. Confirmed relationships are supported by the approved identity-matching evidence and rules. Likely relationships are supported by sufficient evidence to suggest the records concern the same individual, but are not established as confirmed; they are shown with the label “Likely the same person”. How people are matched

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