Bedfordshire Down's Syndrome Support Group

Analysis

Bedfordshire Down's Syndrome Support Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedfordshire Down's Syndrome Support Group reported income of £42k and spending of £43k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £12k to £42k (+241%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 124%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bedfordshire Down's Syndrome Support Group sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Buddies Dementia Cafe (£42k), The Potter's House Christian Fellowship UK Hemel Hempstead Church (£42k) and Smallshaw Hurst Community Action Group (£42k).

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.