# THE FRIENDS OF ST JAMES, BIDDENHAM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1111855
- **Other names:** THE FRIENDS OF ST JAMES
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Oct. 28, 2005
- **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=1111855


## Contact

- **Address:** 61A CHURCH END, BIDDENHAM, BEDFORD
- **Postcode:** MK40 4AS
- **Phone:** 01234353662
- **Email:** fosjbiddenham@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND AND OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME RECEIVED BY THEM FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY AS HEREINAFTER MENTIONED UPON TRUST TO APPLY OR CAUSE TO BE APPLIED THE SAME AT SUCH TIME AND IN SUCH MANNER AND UPON SUCH TERMS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE FOR THE PRESERVATION REPAIR MAINTENANCE RESTORATION IMPROVEMENT AND ORNAMENTATION OF THE FABRIC OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES BIDDENHAM AFORESAID AND THE ADJOINING CHURCH BARN AND ALSO OF THE LAND PLANTS AND STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST JAMES BIDDENHAM AND OF THE ADJOINING CHURCH BARN AND OF THE GRAVEYARD TO THE NORTH OF THE CHURCH INCLUDING WALLS GATES HEADSTONES TREES AND OTHER PLANTS

**Activities:** The Friends of St James, Biddenham, is an independent charity which allows anyone who values St James's Church as a focal point in village life to contribute to the "preservation, repair, maintenance, restoration, improvement and ornamentation" of the fabric of the church and church barn and also of the land, plants and structures within the curtilage of the church and graveyard.

**Area of benefit:** BIDDENHAM, BEDFORDSHIRE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Bedford
- Central Bedfordshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £2690 | £2320 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £4088 | £2970 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £3533 | £3391 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £4728 | £3762 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £4403 | £4985 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Diana Marianne Shooter — appointed May 6, 2014
- Jennifer Kimber — appointed Jan. 23, 2024
- PETER ANTHONY FREDERICK KIMBER — appointed Jan. 23, 2024
- PETER RUTLAND LEVERKUS
- Rev Eric John Lomax — appointed Jan. 18, 2018