Bury Park Educational Institute

Analysis

Bury Park Educational Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bury Park Educational Institute reported income of £964k and spending of £1.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £996k to £964k (-3.3%), an average of -0.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bury Park Educational Institute sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hale and District Hebrew Congregation Ltd (£963k), The Cambridge Theological Federation (£965k) and Gateway Christian Centre (£962k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, investments 2.9% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. It employed 55 people.

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.