Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation

Analysis

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04141953). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation reported income of £5.3m and spending of £5.2m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £5.4m to £5.3m (-2.6%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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 and Luton Community Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hoylake Cottage (£5.2m), Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society (£5.3m) and The Peek Vision Foundation (£5.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96% and investments 3.3%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.7m. Reserves of £300k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.