Stagsden Community Centre and Recreational Association

Analysis

Stagsden Community Centre and Recreational Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in December 1990, 36 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Stagsden Community Centre and Recreational Association reported income of £32k and spending of £39k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £29k to £32k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Stagsden Community Centre and Recreational Association sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nonsuch Singers (£32k), Nidderdale Museum Society CIO (£32k) and Pontfaen Young Farmers' Club (£32k).