Respite at Home Volunteers West Mid Beds & Ivel Valley

Analysis

Respite at Home Volunteers West Mid Beds & Ivel Valley is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in April 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Respite at Home Volunteers West Mid Beds & Ivel Valley reported income of £26k and spending of £28k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £22k to £26k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Respite at Home Volunteers West Mid Beds & Ivel Valley sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Kenneth Hargreaves Charitable Trust (£26k), Friends of Goldsworth Primary School (£26k) and Kea and District Community Centre (£26k).

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.