THE BETHANY CHILDREN'S TRUST

Registered charity 1073817 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

BCT partners with church-led projects in several African nations that act and advocate for marginalised children. We provide finance and guidance in project management and development. We give training in child care and protection, children's rights and address the roots of beliefs and practices that harm children. We raise awareness of the needs of children at risk.

Objects

TO RELIEVE PERSONS PARTICULARLY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE INCLUDING (THOUGH NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) ESTABLISHING, OPERATING OR ASSISTING IN THE OPERATION OF ONE OR MORE ORPHANAGES OR OTHER SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS TO PROVIDE CARE FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE INCLUDING BY MEANS OF ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE EUROPE AND AFRICA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £142,636, resulting in a net surplus of £7,497 for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £58,063, which exceeds its stated policy target of £13,915 (approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure). The trustees confirm the charity is in a significantly stronger financial position following a restructuring that reduced costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Bethany Children's Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gillian Sheena Bradleychair
• Hazel Whiting
• Michelle Arthur
• Rose Ndulu Ndolo

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Rwanda · Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETHANY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.

• BETHANY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH income £25k
• BETHANY SCHOOL income £8.8m
• BUTTERCUP CHILDREN'S TRUST income £53k
• BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES income £153k
• BETHANY CHRISTIAN CHURCH income £44k
• B CREATIVITY TRUST income £54k

Side by side with its peers

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