MID BEDFORDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1109976 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Activities for the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN MID BEDFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: MID BEDFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity merged with another entity on 1 October 2025, resulting in the preparation of the balance sheet on a breakup basis rather than a going concern basis. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £128,232 exceeded the stated policy target of £40,792 to £81,584, indicating sufficient funds to meet working capital requirements prior to the merger.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil Edward Paul McGowanchair
• CLIFFORD MARK CARTER
• MARK ANDREW SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Philip Hugh Steer
• ROGER HENRY SANBROOK OBE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEDFORD HOUSE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

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• CITIZENS ADVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LTD income £1.3m
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Side by side with its peers

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