BETHESDA FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1089122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHESDA FOUNDATION

Bethesda Foundation fosters personal development and income generation through the arts. It re-introduces local indigenous people to their (now extinct) /Xam heritage and contributes to South african history by exploring San mythology in contemporary quilts and prints which are sold to museums and corporations. The Bethesda Arts Centre's work includes poverty relief, social and health issues.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN SOUTH AFRICA BY THE PROVISION OF A CENTRE IN NIEU BETHESDA CONTAINING ARTS AND OTHER FACILITIES, AND IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COMPANY MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Area of benefit: SOUTH AFRICA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £123,700 to £121,136 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03800926

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.

• WILLIAMS, Judy Denise — director, appointed 08/04/2025on trustee list
• GREENE, Anne — director, appointed 03/04/2018on trustee list
• RAPHAEL-LEFF, Joan, Professor — director, appointed 14/12/2006on trustee list
• SINASON, Valerie Elaine, Dr — director, appointed 05/07/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anne Greene
• Judy Denise Williams
• PROFESSOR JOAN RAPHAEL-LEFF
• VALERIE ELAINE SINASON

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

Operates in: Haringey · South Africa

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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