BETEL OF BRITAIN

Registered charity 1081462 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ANCHOR POINT, ANCHOR POINT EVENTS, ANCHOR POINT STYLES, ANCHORS AWEIGH SOFT PLAY, BETEL, BETEL CLEARANCES · also registered in Scotland as SC045808 (OSCR)

Betel of Britain is a group of caring, not-for-profit Christian communities helping broken people to regain control of their health, work potential and independence.We provide accommodation free of addictive substances where people facing life-disrupting problems can regain control of their lives, in particular, through work experience in a caring family atmosphere.

Objects

The Charity's Objects are the advancement of the Christian Faith and in particular, but without limitation, the relief of persons who are in condition of need, hardship or distress or who are aged or sick, and the restoration of persons who suffer from the effects of drug, alcohol or substance abuse, gambling and other addictions or who are homeless through the provision of accommodation and therapeutic work within the context of Christian residential communities.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£5.6m
Latest spending
£5.4m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £142,180 for the year, with total incoming resources of £5,552,317. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £12,388,416 and has adopted a reserves policy of not maintaining a fixed level of free reserves. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: We will not maintain a fixed level of free reserves (e.g. unrestricted funds or other investments which we can liquidate). (held: £12.4m)
“We will not maintain a fixed level of free reserves (e.g. unrestricted funds or other investments which we can liquidate).” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Kent and Mary Alice Martin, two of the trustees, were provided with rent free on-site accommodation for the furtherance of the charitable objectives; and two related party voluntary workers were provided offsite housing, also for the furtherance of the charitable objectives.
“Kent and Mary Alice Martin, two of the trustees, were provided with rent free on-site accommodation for the furtherance of the charitable objectives; and two related party voluntary workers were provided offsite housing, also for the furtherance of the charitable objectives.”
“Regular gifts, as listed in Note 8, have been made during the year by Betel of Britain to other Betel Centres around the world.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Regular gifts have been made during the year by Betel of Britain to other Betel Centres around the world.
“Kent and Mary Alice Martin, two of the trustees, were provided with rent free on-site accommodation for the furtherance of the charitable objectives; and two related party voluntary workers were provided offsite housing, also for the furtherance of the charitable objectives.”
“Regular gifts, as listed in Note 8, have been made during the year by Betel of Britain to other Betel Centres around the world.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd.. 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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 11
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); under 1% of the £6,651,818 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 11
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

25 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (17 freehold); recorded price paid £3.7m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£5.6m
Total spending
£5.4m
Cost of raising funds
£49k
Reserves (reported)
£470k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (65% 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: 0.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£5.6m£5.4m
31/12/2024£6.7m£5.8m
31/12/2023£6.6m£5.1m
31/12/2022£6.2m£5.0m
31/12/2021£6.8m£5.0m

Common questions

Is BETEL OF BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £142,180 for the year, with total incoming resources of £5,552,317. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £12,388,416 and has adopted a reserves policy of not maintaining a fixed level of free reserves. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd..

Who funds BETEL OF BRITAIN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BETEL OF BRITAIN as a grant recipient include LANGLEY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VARDY FOUNDATION, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HARBORNE, THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITY, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LANGLEY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£150kAnchor Point Birmingham
THE VARDY FOUNDATIONFY2022£124k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HARBORNEFY2022£97kBuilding for Mission
LANGLEY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£60k
LANGLEY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£60k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, HARBORNEFY2023£37kDesignated Fund - Building for Mission
THE 29TH MAY 1961 CHARITYFY2022£15kcosts of a new building for an organisation rehabilitating the homeless and addicted in Aston, Birmingham
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15kAccommodation
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kCommunity projects and Integration
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3kAccommodation
ASHWOOD CHURCHFY2021£3kFinancial support during pandemic
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUNDFY2023£2k

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 DEO GLORIA TRUST1£10k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BETEL OF BRITAIN£5.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025£202k——unclear—no doubt
BETEL CHURCH FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
BETEL ROMANIAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
BETHEL COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£336k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BETHEL CHURCH FY2025£134k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.