Bedford Islaamic Centre

Analysis

Bedford Islaamic Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in December 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and recreation, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Bedford Islaamic Centre reported income of £93k and spending of £93k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £265k to £93k (-65%), an average of -23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Bedford Islaamic Centre sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Triratna Buddhist Community (South Wales) (£93k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Batheaston St John the Baptist with St Catherine (£93k) and Sevenoaks Gospel Trust (£93k).