Community Voluntary Service Bedfordshire

Analysis

Community Voluntary Service Bedfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04312967). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Community Voluntary Service Bedfordshire reported income of £418k and spending of £445k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £336k to £418k (+25%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Community Voluntary Service Bedfordshire sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mitie Foundation (£417k), Warrington Training Trust Limited (£419k) and Ynysybwl Regeneration Partnership (£417k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.