Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust

Analysis

Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust reported income of £33k and spending of £24k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from May 2023 to December 2025, income grew from £500 to £33k (+6503%), an average of +713% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2024, when income rose by 24123%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tylers and Bricklayers Craft Trust (£33k), The Fovant Badges Society (£33k) and Hubbard's Hills Trust Limited (£33k).