Bedford Pentecostal Church

Analysis

Bedford Pentecostal Church is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedford Pentecostal Church reported income of £134k and spending of £155k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £111k to £134k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Bedford Pentecostal Church sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Eston with Normanby (£134k), South Essex Islamic Trust (£135k) and Hope Christian Community (£133k).