Rotary Club of Bedford Charity Trust Fund

Analysis

Rotary Club of Bedford Charity Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Rotary Club of Bedford Charity Trust Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £40k, spending 256% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £16k to £16k (-4.4%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 177% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Rotary Club of Bedford Charity Trust Fund sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Blackfords Sea Scout Group (£16k), Roy Hudson Trust (£16k) and Waverley Friends Assocation (£16k).

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.