# BEDFORDSHIRE RURAL COMMUNITIES CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061538
- **Other names:** BRCC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 24, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1061538


## Contact

- **Address:** THE OLD SCHOOL, SOUTHILL ROAD, CARDINGTON, BEDFORD
- **Postcode:** MK44 3SX
- **Phone:** 01234834931
- **Email:** info@bedsrcc.org.uk
- **Website:** bedsrcc.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PRIMARILY IN THE HISTORIC COUNTY OF BEDFORDSHIRE ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), AND IN PARTICULAR, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT PURPOSE, BUT NOT OTHERWISE, TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SAME AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

**Activities:** BRCC exists to help people and communities in Bedfordshire to do more for themselves.Our main areas of work are:- Supporting Communities- Community Transport- Rural Development

**Area of benefit:** BEDFORDSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bedford
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Central Bedfordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Luton



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £2320235 | £2411779 | £1817502 | 86 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2370069 | £2571804 | £1909046 | 83 |
| March 31, 2023 | £3548222 | £2808071 | £2110781 | 94 |
| March 31, 2022 | £2888801 | £2661143 | £1455232 | 89 |
| March 31, 2021 | £2345953 | £2305528 | £1214114 | 86 |



## Trustees

- **Janet Ridge** (Chair) — appointed April 15, 2025
- Ashok Khandelwal — appointed Nov. 30, 2023
- Christopher Barker — appointed Oct. 3, 2019
- Elizabeth Rose Kirby — appointed Nov. 4, 2025
- JUNE MARGARET BARNES
- Joanne Kalsi — appointed April 15, 2025
- Joel Carre — appointed Nov. 30, 2023
- Julian Polhill — appointed Feb. 17, 2026
- PAULA GRAYSON
- Sukhi Khooner — appointed Nov. 21, 2022