Bedford Creative Arts Limited

Analysis

Bedford Creative Arts Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05305188). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedford Creative Arts Limited reported income of £322k and spending of £302k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £374k to £322k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bedford Creative Arts Limited 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 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include York Cemetery Trust (£322k), Rugby Theatre (£323k) and Media Archive of Central England Limited (£322k).