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1,192 charities work in Central Bedfordshire. 49 are behind with their accounts.

234 of them work only in Central Bedfordshire, with a combined income of £16.4m. The share behind with their accounts, 4.1%, is below the rate for England and Wales as a whole (5.4%).

Central BedfordshireCount
Charities that name Central Bedfordshire as an area of operation1,192
Of which work only here234
Behind with their accounts49
  in default two years or more37
Income of the charities that work only here£16.4m
Charity Commission register as at 27 September 2026. Every charity in Central Bedfordshire (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
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
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
Revival Chapel International 1123958 £50k In default two years or more 31 March 2022
Biggleswade and District Young Farmers' Club 265442 £46k Accounts overdue 31 August 2025
African Caribbean Community Development Forum 1111031 £31k Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
Leighton Buzzard Youth Theatre 1129289 £18k In default two years or more 30 June 2018
Toddington Village Hall Association 1001875 £18k In default two years or more 30 September 2022
Southfields Community Association 1067687 £17k In default two years or more 31 December 2005
Thornhill Primary School Fund 1047620 £11k In default two years or more 31 August 2020
Al Mizan Bedford Islamic School 1138666 £9,996 Accounts overdue 31 August 2024
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
Meadow Way Community Association 1061877 £4,912 In default two years or more 31 December 2021
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
Houghton Regis Lower School Fund 1060864 £3,742 In default two years or more 31 December 2017
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
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
Streatley Village Women's Institute 1022253 £1,132 In default two years or more 31 December 2018
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
Mani's Helping Hands 1151469 £262 Accounts overdue 10 November 2024
Dunton Parochial School Amenities Fund 307495 £236 In default two years or more 31 December 2021
The Friends of All Saints, Turvey, Bedfordshire 1087593 £108 Accounts overdue 31 March 2024
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
Townsenders 296277 £7 In default two years or more 30 April 2020
Old Warden Charities 200143 £1 In default two years or more 31 December 2021
Shuttleworth Charity for the Poor 200144 £1 In default two years or more 31 December 2019
Colonel F Shuttleworth for Upkeep of Churchyard 200167 £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
Resolute Recycling 1160804 £0 In default two years or more 1 April 2018

The largest charities that work only in Central Bedfordshire

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 The Wilkes Alms Charity 1200027 £3.4m
2 Rose Lane Gospel Hall Trust 1159094 £1.4m
3 Com Church 1182065 £675k
4 Case Community Trust 1166966 £581k
5 Toddington Childcare 1092562 £506k
6 The South Bedfordshire Methodist Circuit 1134222 £473k
7 Stondon Stompers Pre-School 1044402 £342k
8 Acorn Pre-School & the Mighty Oaks 1200985 £309k
9 Al Arqam 1133157 £302k
10 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dunstable 1130250 £282k
11 Ampthill Baptist Church 1198662 £281k
12 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Leighton Buzzard 1131221 £254k
13 Dunstable and District Citizens Advice Bureau 1110676 £230k
14 Downside Pre-School 1191830 £226k
15 Aspley Guise Pre-School 1195493 £221k
16 Hockliffe Street Baptist Church, Leighton Buzzard 1198879 £221k
17 Christ Church Dunstable 1205718 £210k
18 The Langford Owlets 1030866 £204k
19 Woburn Lido 300084 £197k
20 Biggleswade Baptist Church 1144614 £190k
21 The Leighton Buzzard Townlands Trust 1209119 £179k
22 Arlesey Pre-School 1130845 £168k
23 Luton Islamic Centre 1042630 £168k
24 King's Church Flitwick 1177248 £165k
25 Shefford Sports & Community Association Limited 1144861 £157k

The largest charities working in Central Bedfordshire

Including national charities that name Central Bedfordshire among their areas.

# CharityNo.Latest income
1 The Fremantle Trust 1014986 £49.5m
2 The ST Albans Diocesan Board of Finance 248887 £35.7m
3 Rothamsted Research Limited 802038 £29.3m
4 East Anglian Air Ambulance 1083876 £18.8m
5 Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care 1201713 £17.6m
6 Response Organisation 1101071 £17.0m
7 Active Luton 1111804 £15.7m
8 Keech Hospice 1035089 £14.5m
9 The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited 1109135 £14.0m
10 The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Northamptonshire 1000412 £14.0m
11 Willen Hospice 270194 £11.8m
12 Northampton Roman Catholic Diocesan Trust 234091 £9.2m
13 Bedford Greenacre Independent School Ltd 1194080 £8.8m
14 Amicus Trust 268639 £8.4m
15 Garden House Hospice Care 295257 £8.4m
16 Ormiston Families 1015716 £7.7m
17 The Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth Remembrance Trust 307534 £6.8m
18 Richard Shuttleworth Trustees 1012224 £6.8m
19 Impakt Housing & Support 801035 £6.4m
20 Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation 1086516 £5.3m
21 The Forest of Marston Vale Trust 1069229 £4.3m
22 Caring Together Charity 1091522 £4.2m
23 Cathedral and Abbey Church of ST Alban 1207312 £3.4m
24 The Wilkes Alms Charity 1200027 £3.4m
25 Wavendon All Music Plan Limited 261645 £3.3m

What they work on

Education/training 574General Charitable Purposes 363Religious Activities 254Amateur Sport 238Arts/culture/heritage/science 213The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 182Environment/conservation/heritage 160Disability 157

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