Bedford Caribbean Senior Citizen's Association

Analysis

Bedford Caribbean Senior Citizen's Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, arts/culture/heritage/science and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedford Caribbean Senior Citizen's Association reported income of £11k and spending of £15k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £16k to £11k (-31%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Bedford Caribbean Senior Citizen's Association sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mansfield Educational Foundation (£11k), Holybourne Village Hall (£11k) and Barnham Village Hall (£11k).