Bedford Area Schools Christian Support Trust

Analysis

Bedford Area Schools Christian Support Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in April 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bedford Area Schools Christian Support Trust reported income of £59k and spending of £59k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £53k to £59k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bedford Area Schools Christian Support Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of St Andrew Stoke Newington (£59k), Emmanuel Community Church (£59k) and The Church of God in Hayes (£59k).