BEDFORDSHIRE CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 234329 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IBBETT TRUST, THE TRUST

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Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £172,403 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £23,591,641, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HW Bedford Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00802236

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WARD, Richard John — director, appointed 09/02/2026on trustee list
• IBBETT, Peter John — director, appointed 02/08/2021on trustee list
• IBBETT, Vicki Anita, Dr — director, appointed 02/08/2021on trustee list
• THOMPSON, Mark — director, appointed 11/05/2020on trustee list
• IBBETT, Margaret — director, appointed 03/05/2018on trustee list
• BEDDOES, Christina — secretary, appointed 05/11/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

11 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (10 freehold); recorded price paid £540k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christina Beddoes · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Vicki Anita Ibbett
• Margaret Ibbett
• Mark Thompson
• Peter John Ibbett
• Richard John Ward

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST.

• INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
• SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST income £820k
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• BEDFORD PLAYERS TRUST income £247k
• THE BOTHWELL CHARITABLE TRUST income £145k
• GALE FAMILY CHARITY TRUST income £850k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.