BETHANY CITY CHURCH SUNDERLAND

Registered charity 1112606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETHANY CITY CHURCH

Independant evangelical church seeking to reach the people of the north east of England

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN SUNDERLAND AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST(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 THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT

Area of benefit: SUNDERLAND, THE UNITED KINGDOM , THE WORLD.

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£351k

Latest spending

£317k

Registered

2005

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £358,645 against a policy target of maintaining reserves above 12 weeks of typical expenditure. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of continuing in operational existence, noting that increased funds resulting from reduced payroll costs will support building repairs and future unforeseen expenses.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 weeks typical expenditure (held: £359k)

“The Trustees have reviewed the level of reserves held by the Charity and aim to maintain reserves above the level of 12 weeks typical expenditure.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves 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
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bethany City Church (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Derek Unsworth
Jennifer Richardson
Joanne Willis
Malcolm Snaith
Mike Brydon
Paul McQuillan

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£351k	£317k
31/08/2024	£330k	£310k
31/08/2023	£320k	£261k
31/08/2022	£305k	£237k
31/08/2021	£260k	£235k

Common questions

Is BETHANY CITY CHURCH SUNDERLAND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £358,645 against a policy target of maintaining reserves above 12 weeks of typical expenditure. The trustees report a reasonable expectation of continuing in operational existence, noting that increased funds resulting from reduced payroll costs will support building repairs and future unforeseen expenses. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	05/08/2020	£52k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund

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
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATION	1	£26k
THE R C SNELLING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£10k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£8k
NORMAN WHITELEY TRUST	1	£4k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE 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 SOUL CHURCH LTD.

SOUL CHURCH LTD income £3.3m
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD - SAINTS IN LIGHT ASSEMBLY SUNDERLAND income £146k
BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES income £171k
BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £355k
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD LIVING FAITH SUNDERLAND income £107k
CITY CHURCH (GREAT GRIMSBY AND NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE) income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BETHANY CITY CHURCH SUNDERLAND	£351k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUL CHURCH LTD FY2025	£3.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD - SAINTS IN LIGHT ASSEMBLY SUNDERLAND FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES FY2024	£171k	—	above	—	noted
BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£355k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD LIVING FAITH SUNDERLAND FY2025	£107k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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