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BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1086516 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEDFORDSHIRE & LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Latest income
£5.3m
Latest spending
£5.2m
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £394,535, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of six months of administrative expenditure (£200,033). The charity reported a net loss of £458,800 for the year, excluding endowment movements, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of administrative expenditure (held: £395k)
“The optimal level of reserves is considered to be the equivalent of six months of administrative expenditure.”
Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HW Associates Limited.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£5.3m
Total spending
£5.2m
Cost of raising funds
£281k
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire · Hertfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£5.3m£5.2m
31/03/2024£5.0m£4.6m
31/03/2023£4.4m£4.9m
31/03/2022£5.9m£5.5m
31/03/2021£5.4m£5.1m

Common questions

Is BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £394,535, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of six months of administrative expenditure (£200,033). The charity reported a net loss of £458,800 for the year, excluding endowment movements, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding income. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by HW Associates Limited.

Who funds BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEDFORDSHIRE AND LUTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE AMATEURS TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2025£45k
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2023£30k
THE AMATEURS TRUSTFY2024£15k

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£670k
THE WESTMINSTER FOUNDATION1£200k
THE LIZ AND TERRY BRAMALL FOUNDATION1£100k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION1£54k
GIVE A GIFT1£45k
THE ARNOLD BURTON 1998 CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
THE SIMON & ELIZABETH BATEY CHARITABLE TRUST1£22k
THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£20k

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