Oakley Rural Day Care Centre

Analysis

Oakley Rural Day Care Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in January 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Oakley Rural Day Care Centre reported income of £65k and spending of £68k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £65k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Oakley Rural Day Care Centre sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sarah's Star (£65k), Matono (£65k) and The Follett Trust (£65k).