Bedford Players Trust

Analysis

Bedford Players Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in October 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01839042). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedford Players Trust reported income of £247k and spending of £252k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £185k to £247k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Bedford Players Trust sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Theatre in Prisons and Probation Centre (£247k), Castleford Heritage Trust (£247k) and Tom Dale Company Ltd (£247k).

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.