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1,185 charities work in Bedford. 61 are behind with their accounts.

215 of them work only in Bedford, with a combined income of £94.0m. The share behind with their accounts, 5.1%, is below the rate for England and Wales as a whole (5.4%).

BedfordCount
Charities that name Bedford as an area of operation1,185
Of which work only here215
Behind with their accounts61
  in default two years or more47
Income of the charities that work only here£94.0m
Charity Commission register as at 27 September 2026. Every charity in Bedford (CSV)

Behind with their accounts, largest first

The Charity Commission's own status for each. A charity in default has not filed accounts or an annual return by its deadline.

CharityNo.Last incomeStatusLast accounts to
Pag-Asa Centre 1122150 £412k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Elstow Pre-School 1020327 £185k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Special Needs Out of School Club in Bedfordshire 1098448 £159k In default two years or more 31 March 2023
Embracing Change 1173398 £129k Accounts overdue 30 June 2024
Lodge Playgroup 1027604 £94k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Pink Rooster 1161042 £84k Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Mentmore Road Under Fives 1022404 £78k In default two years or more 28 February 2023
Ampthill Public Hall 300000 £71k In default two years or more 31 December 2016
The Centre for All Families Positive Health (Cafph) 1101399 £58k In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Church Lane (Bedford) Community Association 1114428 £56k In default two years or more 31 March 2023
Biggleswade and District Young Farmers' Club 265442 £46k Accounts overdue 31 August 2025
Mastroe 1135677 £46k In default two years or more 30 September 2020
Midlands Social Care Management Trust 1138574 £36k In default two years or more 22 February 2022
African Caribbean Community Development Forum 1111031 £31k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Cauldwell School Fund 1147180 £24k In default two years or more 31 August 2018
Leighton Buzzard Youth Theatre 1129289 £18k In default two years or more 30 June 2018
Southfields Community Association 1067687 £17k In default two years or more 31 December 2005
King George V Playing Field, Clapham, Bedfordshire 271885 £15k In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Community Advice Link (Cal) 1110547 £8,000 In default two years or more 9 April 2019
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment War Memorial Charity 1080061 £6,176 In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Friends of ST Joseph's and ST Gregory's Primary School 1038588 £6,103 In default two years or more 31 August 2017
Friends of Goldington Academy 277320 £5,740 In default two years or more 31 August 2017
Trinity Toddlers 1029620 £4,282 In default two years or more 31 March 2007
Recycling Unit Saving Timber Trust 1119991 £4,130 Accounts overdue 30 April 2024
Woburn Mothers and Toddlers Group 1019040 £3,396 In default two years or more 30 August 2009
Fulbrook Parent and Teacher Association 1079068 £3,370 In default two years or more 31 August 2022
Ami Naranjhan Foundation 1161681 £3,286 In default two years or more 31 December 2017
Haynes Lower School Parent Teacher Association 1057681 £2,578 Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Two by Two Toddlers 1019728 £2,316 In default two years or more 31 December 2014
Arcadians Womens' Club 1057503 £1,659 In default two years or more 1 March 2022
Friends of All Saints, Stondon 1032472 £1,398 In default two years or more 30 April 2018
Hockliffe School Association 1015813 £1,196 Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
God's Visa Ministry 1140241 £700 In default two years or more 30 September 2017
Dunstable and Houghton Regis Gateway Club 1046257 £646 In default two years or more 31 May 2022
Thomas Christie Ecclesiastical Charity 200281 £501 Accounts overdue 30 October 2024
Changing Lives Forever (CLF) 1169224 £264 Accounts overdue 5 April 2024
Dunton Parochial School Amenities Fund 307495 £236 In default two years or more 31 December 2021
Africa Beats Club 1125381 £112 In default two years or more 31 March 2022
The Friends of All Saints, Turvey, Bedfordshire 1087593 £108 Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
Al-Hafeez Welfare Trust 1128428 £100 In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Clearly Cool Clubs 1165524 £100 In default two years or more 30 June 2023
Sarah Smith's Clock Charity 258332 £81 In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Elstow Poor's Estate 200119 £12 In default two years or more 30 November 2010
Shuttleworth Charity for the Poor 200144 £1 In default two years or more 31 December 2019
Clifton Elder Peoples Club 205111 £0 In default two years or more 31 March 2021
Springfield Lower School Parent Teacher Association 1037985 £0 In default two years or more 31 August 2023
Centre Stage 1050353 £0 In default two years or more none on file
Kidlington Assisted Transport Scheme 1066525 £0 In default two years or more 28 February 2022
Shefford Sports Trust 1080318 £0 In default two years or more 31 May 2011
Sandy Skating and Youth Association 1088925 £0 Accounts overdue 1 January 2024
Lealands Womens Club 1033468 £0 In default two years or more none on file
Purple Preschool Parents Association 1101786 £0 In default two years or more 31 July 2014
Gatekeepers Evangel Church UK 1118175 £0 In default two years or more 31 January 2022
Kushinga 1136746 £0 In default two years or more 31 March 2018
The Richard Prokop Foundation for the Advancement of Music 1150568 £0 In default two years or more 31 January 2022
Future East 1148537 £0 In default two years or more 31 March 2020
Norma Gordon Foundation [NGF] 1161728 £0 In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Brotherhood Reach 1162017 £0 In default two years or more 6 January 2024
Thurleigh Pre School 1155977 £0 In default two years or more none on file
Resolute Recycling 1160804 £0 In default two years or more 1 April 2018

Showing the largest 60 of 61. The CSV has them all.

The largest charities that work only in Bedford

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 The Harpur Trust 1066861 £73.0m
2 Hopeworks UK (Bedford) 1139956 £3.0m
3 Bedford Gospel Hall Trust 1159076 £1.4m
4 Rainbow Pre-School & Extended Services 1158113 £1.2m
5 Gale Family Charity Trust 289212 £850k
6 Grace Community Church Bedford 1180195 £688k
7 Putnoe Woods Preschool Limited 1145918 £633k
8 Bedford Foodbank 1179538 £623k
9 Opda 1179697 £538k
10 Faces Bedford 1108574 £495k
11 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Mark, Bedford 1164416 £446k
12 Hanfia Ghousia Masjid 1142200 £437k
13 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Andrew, Bedford 1130171 £433k
14 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST. Peter and ST. Paul, Flitwick 1169624 £394k
15 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Christ Church Bedford 1134785 £391k
16 Clapham Pre-School (Bedford) 1023729 £360k
17 Oakley Kindergarten 1201886 £354k
18 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of ST Paul, Bedford 1134614 £346k
19 Ladybird Forest Pre-School Ampthill 1152296 £344k
20 Sri Guru Ravidass Sabha and Community Centre 1120489 £311k
21 The Hospital of ST John the Baptist 200176 £271k
22 The Farrer Trust 800819 £238k
23 Wilstead Pre-School Playgroup 1027263 £237k
24 Sydney Howard Lovell Memorial Almshouses 200480 £233k
25 Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara ( GGSG ) 1078040 £213k

The largest charities working in Bedford

Including national charities that name Bedford among their areas.

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 The Harpur Trust 1066861 £73.0m
2 The Fremantle Trust 1014986 £49.5m
3 The ST Albans Diocesan Board of Finance 248887 £35.7m
4 Social Interest Group 1158402 £31.0m
5 Penrose Options 1151455 £20.9m
6 East Anglian Air Ambulance 1083876 £18.8m
7 Response Organisation 1101071 £17.0m
8 Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust 1108989 £16.9m
9 Acorn Early Years Foundation 1145108 £16.3m
10 Active Luton 1111804 £15.7m
11 Keech Hospice 1035089 £14.5m
12 The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited 1109135 £14.0m
13 The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire 1000412 £14.0m
14 Willen Hospice 270194 £11.8m
15 Paul Strickland Scanner Centre 298867 £10.9m
16 Northampton Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust 234091 £9.2m
17 Bedford Greenacre Independent School Ltd 1194080 £8.8m
18 Aquarius Action Projects 1014305 £8.6m
19 Amicus Trust 268639 £8.4m
20 Ormiston Families 1015716 £7.7m
21 The Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust 307534 £6.8m
22 Richard Shuttleworth Trustees 1012224 £6.8m
23 Impakt Housing & Support 801035 £6.4m
24 Mercy in Action 1096068 £6.1m
25 Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation 1086516 £5.3m

What they work on

Education/training 581General Charitable Purposes 374Religious Activities 257Amateur Sport 229The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 217Arts/culture/heritage/science 204The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 183Disability 172

Areas of operation are what each charity tells the Charity Commission. A charity can name several. How this site counts.