BEDFORDSHIRE EAST SCHOOLS TRUST LTD
Charity number: 1132611
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)
Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
BEST is supporting Bedfordshire Schools Trust academies by: Improving 0-4 educational provision - Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Nurseries Ltd Developing 0-19 all through educational provision academic & vocational
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 31 August 2025
Total income: £71,000
Total expenditure: £102,000
People
7 Trustee(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
No information availableFundraising
No information available
Trading
This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.
Trustee payments
No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.
What, who, how, where
What the charity does:
- General Charitable Purposes
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
- Central Bedfordshire
Governance
Registration history:
- 09 November 2009: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
- BEST (Working name)
Company number:
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
- Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
7 Trustee(s)
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships | ||||
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| Ilona Bond | Chair | 12 November 2020 |
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| Ashaab Akhtar Hussein Ahamed | Trustee | 01 September 2024 |
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| Maggie Farrar CBE | Trustee | 10 June 2024 |
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| Nafia Baust | Trustee | 05 January 2024 |
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| David Morgan | Trustee | 12 November 2020 |
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| Anthony Sanderson | Trustee | 12 November 2020 |
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| Dr Alan Lee | Trustee | 05 November 2018 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
| Income / Expenditure | 31/08/2021 | 31/08/2022 | 31/08/2023 | 31/08/2024 | 31/08/2025 | ||
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Total gross income | £67.00k | £39.00k | £69.00k | £72.00k | £71.00k | |
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Total expenditure | £102.00k | £146.00k | £96.00k | £74.00k | £102.00k | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
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Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Accounts and annual returns
This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
| Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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| Annual return | 31 August 2025 | 02 March 2026 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2025 | 02 March 2026 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 August 2024 | 18 December 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2024 | 18 December 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 August 2023 | 20 May 2024 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2023 | 22 May 2024 | On time | |
| Annual return | 31 August 2022 | 09 August 2023 | 40 days late | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2022 | 09 August 2023 | 40 days late | |
| Annual return | 31 August 2021 | 26 April 2022 | On time | |
| Accounts and TAR | 31 August 2021 | 26 April 2022 | On time |