BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1092297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHANY CHURCH OF GOD

RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL SERVICES

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE:A. 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 THINK FIT.B. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.C. TO PROMOTE AND FULFIL SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY IN SUCH PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

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Latest income

£171k

Latest spending

£143k

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £27,772 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted cash balances increasing to £47,587. The trustees are monitoring income and expenditure closely to ensure the charity achieves a break-even position. The charity holds unrestricted cash of £47,587, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of no less than £20,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Voluntary income Offerings and gifts Gift aid receipts Other income Rental income Interest received Loans repaid by staff”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: no less than £20,000 (held: £48k)

“The trustees have decided that the charity should aim to hold unrestricted cash of no less than £20,000 so that the charity could continue to operate smoothly should income and / or expenditure vary unexpectedly.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The trustees are monitoring income and expenditure closely and are taking action to ensure that the charity achieves a break even position as soon as possible.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

DR J M CHRISTY · trustee of 2 other charities
Esther Subarna Suresh
Jasmine Bastiansz
Joel Subithiran Suthesh
John Christopher Amburose · trustee of 1 other charity
Selvarasa Sarvendran · trustee of 1 other charity
Srirangan Balakumar

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

Operates in: City Of London · Ealing · Harrow · Hertfordshire · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£171k	£143k
31/12/2023	£174k	£186k
31/12/2022	£156k	£164k
31/12/2021	£125k	£144k
31/12/2020	£106k	£170k

Common questions

Is BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £27,772 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted cash balances increasing to £47,587. The trustees are monitoring income and expenditure closely to ensure the charity achieves a break-even position. The charity holds unrestricted cash of £47,587, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of no less than £20,000. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MACKIE FOUNDATION	1	£134k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST	1	£4k
THE BAYWIND ENERGY COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£3k

Charities like this

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

PRESTON BETHANY CARE income £1.2m
BETHEL MINISTRIES TELUGU CHURCH income £123k
BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £355k
BETHANY CARE TRUST income £1.5m
BETHANY SCHOOL income £8.8m
BETHANY CITY CHURCH SUNDERLAND income £351k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES	£171k	—	0	above	—	noted
PRESTON BETHANY CARE FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BETHEL MINISTRIES TELUGU CHURCH FY2025	£123k	£11,040	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHANY CARE TRUST FY2024	£1.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHANY SCHOOL FY2025	£8.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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