Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends

Analysis

Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends reported income of £646k and spending of £217k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £449k to £646k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 305%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chiltern Samaritans (£646k), World Muscle Society (£646k) and Anjuman-E-Ezzi (Nottingham) (£645k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93%, charitable activities 5.2% and trading 1.5%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £431k. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.8%. Reserves of £5,000 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.