Bedford Physical Education Old Students' Association

Analysis

Bedford Physical Education Old Students' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Bedford Physical Education Old Students' Association reported income of £14k and spending of £27k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £15k to £14k (-6.0%), an average of -1.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bedford Physical Education Old Students' Association sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rapid Training & Education Centre (£14k), Orphan Appeal (£14k) and Clophill United Charities (£14k).