The Bedford and District Society for People with Learning Disabilities

Analysis

The Bedford and District Society for People with Learning Disabilities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in September 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Bedford and District Society for People with Learning Disabilities reported income of £64k and spending of £63k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £52k to £64k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Bedford and District Society for People with Learning Disabilities sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% 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 The Wolfpack Project (£64k), Switch Youth Services (£64k) and Sew Positive (£64k).