Bedfordshire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities Ltd

Analysis

Bedfordshire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04327714). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bedfordshire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities Ltd reported income of £599k and spending of £565k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £566k to £599k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bedfordshire Opportunities for Learning Disabilities Ltd sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include String of Pearls (£599k), Zouq Foundation (£600k) and Sky High Trampoline Gymnastics Academy (£598k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 84%, donations and legacies 14% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £665k would cover about 14 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.