New Life Church Bedfordshire Trust

Analysis

New Life Church Bedfordshire Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in May 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, New Life Church Bedfordshire Trust reported income of £72k and spending of £72k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £92k to £72k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, New Life Church Bedfordshire Trust sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Haywards Heath Foodbank (£72k), The Betty Shelvey Trust (£72k) and Workcare West Midlands (£72k).

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.