 In February 2020 Bentley resigned as Chief Executive of Action for Children for personal reasons.While Chief Executive of Girlguiding she oversaw a complete governance review, developed the organisation's first five year strategy, and changed their Promise so that members commit to ‘develop my beliefs’ rather than ‘love my God’.The organisation also launched a series of badges to support girls in the modern world including one promoting body confidence and another teaching girls about mental wellbeing.