A snapshot of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector operating in the three unitary authority areas of Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.
CVS Bedfordshire undertakes an annual, desk-based assessment of the number of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations operating in Bedfordshire.
Public information from the Charity Commission, Companies House, HMRC and the Financial Conduct Authority, alongside an in-house database held by CVS, are combined, and then edited to remove organisation that do not appear to be operating, or do not appear to operate in Bedfordshire.
The data in these documents should be used only as a guide to the approximate size of the VCSE sector in Bedfordshire. That said, we believe it is the most accurate report currently available.