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Description
The Foundation makes grants to local community groups and charities.
Also known as
- Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
- Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
MK45 4HR
Website
Domain
blcf.org.uk
Latest income
£4,383,069 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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Areas of operation in the UK
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 1086516 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Grant-making foundations
H10
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200 -
Charitable activities
CA» Grant makingCA200» Grants to organisationsCA202 -
Charity and VCS support
CV
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Arts/culture/heritage/science
109 -
Amateur Sport
110 -
Environment/conservation/heritage
112 -
Economic/community Development/employment
113
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
205 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307 -
Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
309
Scale of operation
- Regional
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
GB-CHC-1086516Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-05-09 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-03-31 | 54,742 | 19,911 |
| 2005-03-31 | 50,812 | 32,424 |
| 2006-03-31 | 76,825 | 65,995 |
| 2007-03-31 | 277,327 | 242,083 |
| 2008-03-31 | 351,177 | 390,952 |
| 2009-03-31 | 591,297 | 570,375 |
| 2010-03-31 | 640,276 | 528,142 |
| 2011-03-31 | 936,906 | 529,529 |
| 2012-03-31 | 528,881 | 358,566 |
| 2013-03-31 | 506,864 | 379,190 |
| 2014-03-31 | 1,227,180 | 858,956 |
| 2015-03-31 | 1,631,264 | 1,280,793 |
| 2016-03-31 | 1,574,974 | 1,258,058 |
| 2017-03-31 | 1,599,352 | 1,262,495 |
| 2018-03-31 | 1,380,179 | 1,443,353 |
| 2019-03-31 | 1,473,058 | 1,831,686 |
| 2020-03-31 | 2,759,146 | 2,238,905 |
| 2021-03-31 | 5,404,347 | 5,113,857 |
| 2022-03-31 | 5,870,840 | 5,492,530 |
| 2023-03-31 | 4,383,069 | 4,854,164 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 7 | 7 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Volunteers | 20 | 20 |
| Trustees | 8 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
GB-CHC-1086516Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 7.8 | 3.5 |
| Legacies | - | - |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 7.8 | 3.5 |
| Income from charitable activities | 4,294.8 | 5,804.6 |
| Income from other trading activities | - | - |
| Income from investments | 60.9 | 41.8 |
| Other income | 19.6 | 21.0 |
| Total | 4,383.1 | 5,870.8 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | 5.6 | 6.5 |
| Other spending on raising funds | 160.1 | 141.5 |
| Spending on raising funds | 165.7 | 148.0 |
| Grants to institutions | 4,494.9 | 5,182.2 |
| Other charitable activities | 193.5 | 162.4 |
| Charitable activities | 4,688.4 | 5,344.6 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 4,854.2 | 5,492.5 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (471.1) | 378.3 |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2023 £000s |
2022
£000s |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | - | - |
| Investment assets | 1,671.1 | 1,762.6 |
| 1,671.1 | 1,762.6 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 3,159.4 | 3,872.5 |
| Other current assets | 734.7 | 796.2 |
| 3,894.2 | 4,668.7 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (2,256.3) | (2,564.4) |
| Net current assets | 1,637.8 | 2,104.3 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 3,308.9 | 3,866.9 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | - |
| Net assets | 3,308.9 | 3,866.9 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | 1,610.1 | 1,709.2 |
| Restricted funds | 1,304.3 | 1,866.6 |
| Unrestricted funds | 394.5 | 291.0 |
| 3,308.9 | 3,866.9 | |
| 2023 £ |
2022 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 222,979 | 1,682,700 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 5.1% | 28.7% |
| Number of government contracts | 2 | 2 |
| Government grants | ||
| None recorded | ||
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Architectural Heritage Fund
England [Historic England] |
£7,000 | Grant to Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Investment Funds |
£30,000 | Investment funds | ||
|
UK Community Foundations
NET Coronavirus Appeal |
£197,877 | DCMS Big Night In COVID-19 Funding | ||
|
UK Community Foundations
NET Coronavirus Appeal |
£10,650 | DCMS Big Night In COVID-19 Funding | ||
|
UK Community Foundations
NET Coronavirus Appeal |
£48,177 | NET Coronavirus Appeal | ||
|
UK Community Foundations
NET Coronavirus Appeal |
£560,118 | NET Coronavirus Appeal | ||
|
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Voice, Influence and Partnership - Voice, Influence and Partnership Fund |
£10,000
1 year |
Funders for Racial Equality Alliance - mapping the race equality sector
Mar 2020 to Mar 2021 |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Architectural Heritage Fund (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cabinet Office (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- UK Community Foundations (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
View this organisation's 360Giving published grants on GrantNav.
| 2023 | 131 grants | £3,750,089 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 228 grants | £2,230,952 |
| 2021 | 139 grants | £1,274,885 |
| 2020 | 297 grants | £7,557,135 |
| 2019 | 97 grants | £1,034,698 |
| 2018 | 164 grants | £1,068,671 |
| 2017 | 147 grants | £895,450 |
Data source
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- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (1,203 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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