Bedfordshire Charitable Trust Limited

Analysis

Bedfordshire Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00802236). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedfordshire Charitable Trust Limited reported income of £372k and spending of £544k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £249k to £372k (+49%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 336%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bedfordshire Charitable Trust Limited sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The New Life in Christ Ministry (£371k), The New Group of World Servers Trust Fund (£372k) and Hear Me Out Music (£371k).