Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Ltd

Analysis

Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06865093). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Ltd reported income of £71k and spending of £102k, spending 144% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £67k to £71k (+6.0%), an average of +1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 164% 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, Bedfordshire East Schools Trust Ltd sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Apollo Theatre (Isle of Wight) Trust (£71k), Fylde Transport Trust (£71k) and The Screen Film Community (£71k).

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.