Bedfordshire Open Door

Analysis

Bedfordshire Open Door is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03157152). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedfordshire Open Door reported income of £338k and spending of £340k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £282k to £338k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bedfordshire Open Door sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Latimer Community Art Therapy (£338k), Legadel (£338k) and Seaem (£338k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.