Bedford Educational Association

Analysis

Bedford Educational Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00171179). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Bedford Educational Association reported income of £86k and spending of £91k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £81k to £86k (+6.2%), an average of +1.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Bedford Educational Association 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 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hedgehogs (£86k), Bronington Children's Club (£86k) and Aspatria and District Community Charity Asssociation (£85k).