Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire

Analysis

Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in November 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 08399922). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire reported income of £243k and spending of £218k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £154k to £243k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Peters Family Foundation CIO (£243k), Carisbrooke Priory Trust Company Limited (£243k) and Penniwells Riding Centre for the Disabled (£243k).