Bedale Welfare Charity

Analysis

Bedale Welfare Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedale. It was registered in January 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bedale Welfare Charity reported income of £61k and spending of £38k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2025 to March 2026, income grew from £20k to £61k (+205%), an average of +205% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 205%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Bedale Welfare Charity sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wednesbury 2000 (£61k), Bearwood Community Centre Association (£61k) and The Autism Trust Limited (£61k).