BEDFORDSHIRE EAST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1132611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEST

BEST is supporting Bedfordshire Schools Trust academies by:Improving 0-4 educational provision - Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Nurseries LtdDeveloping 0-19 all through educational provision academic & vocational

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE TRUST IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT THE SCHOOLS ANDOTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £202,000, which are below the policy target of being sufficient to meet day-to-day running costs and financial commitments as they arise. The charity reported a net decrease in total funds of £2,000 for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing slightly to £362,000 while restricted funds decreased to £1,712,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Bishop Fleming Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Property (HM Land Registry)

7 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Ilona Bondchair
• Anthony Sanderson
• Ashaab Akhtar Hussein Ahamed
• David Morgan
• Dr Alan Lee
• Maggie Farrar CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nafia Baust

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

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