The Need Project Central Bedfordshire

Analysis

The Need Project Central Bedfordshire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Need Project Central Bedfordshire reported income of £337k and spending of £406k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £167k to £337k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Need Project Central Bedfordshire sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wokingham Foodbank (£337k), Capstone Church (£337k) and Platform 67 (£337k).