Sight Concern Bedfordshire

Analysis

Sight Concern Bedfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in December 2006, 20 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 05966120). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Sight Concern Bedfordshire reported income of £353k and spending of £372k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £311k to £353k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sight Concern Bedfordshire sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colchester Catalyst Charity (£353k), British Malayali Charity Foundation (£354k) and Trauma Treatment International (£353k).