BETHPHAGE
Registered charity 1046225 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHPHAGE GREAT BRITAIN
Provides support to adults with disabilities or mental health needs in Shropshire and the West Midlands. Our services include registered care homes, supported living services, day opportunities, outreach support and a specialist assessment and transition service. Most of the people we support have a learning disability.
Causes: Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charitable company's affairs. The independent auditors have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue operating for at least twelve months.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bethphage (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Helen Nickless — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Maggie Furmanek — Head of Finance (source)
- Stuart Wheeler — Head of HR (source)
- Clare Shaw — Head of Operations (Interim) (source)
- Alice Blakeman — Development Manager (source)
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.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- MACBETH, Craig — director, appointed 28/01/2026on trustee list
- MORRIS, Paula — director, appointed 14/10/2025on trustee list
- SUELD, Meelis — director, appointed 19/05/2025on trustee list
- LUM, Derek — director, appointed 05/02/2002on trustee list
- SOBOLEWSKA, Irena Zofia — director, appointed 04/09/2001on trustee list
- WHEELER, Stuart — secretary, appointed 20/03/2019
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (5 freehold); recorded price paid £2.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
CQC provider record: Bethphage — Registered, 13 registered locations, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 26/11/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£16k
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Care Quality Commission ratings
CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).
- DEREK LUMchair
- Craig Macbeth Mr · trustee of 1 other charity
- IRENA ZOFIA SOBOLEWSKA
- Meelis Sueld Rev
- Paula Morris
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Birmingham City · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin · Walsall · Wolverhampton
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BETHPHAGE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the charitable company's affairs. The independent auditors have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate and identified no material uncertainties regarding the company's ability to continue operating for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were audited.
Who funds BETHPHAGE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BETHPHAGE as a grant recipient include THE LUTHERAN COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Known funders
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Government & lottery funding
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