Embrace (Bedford and District)

Analysis

Embrace (Bedford and District) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in March 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Embrace (Bedford and District) reported income of £300k and spending of £482k, spending 161% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £215k to £300k (+40%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Embrace (Bedford and District) sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brampton Trust (£300k), Masjid-E-Umer Trust (£300k) and Loving Humanity (£300k).

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.