BETHEL EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, WIGSTON

Registered charity 1135831 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Church holds two services on a Sunday, as well as additional meetings to teach the Christian faith and to provide opportunities for worship. In addition, the Church holds activities for all ages, which combine worship, teaching, evangelism and outreach. The Church supports others doing the same across the region, the nation and the world.

Objects

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH SHALL BE:-(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BASIS OF FAITH PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN LEICESTERSHIRE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOURHOOD; ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS SHALL, IN THE OPINION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN GENERAL MEETING/THE MANAGING TRUSTEES FURTHER THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.

Area of benefit: LEICESTERSHIRE

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £26,182 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by exceptional one-off costs including £10,945 for church chairs and £6,723 for electrical works. Per the trustees' report, the deficit was considered manageable due to the one-off nature of these costs and the visibility of significant legacy income expected in 2025. The charity holds total net assets of £323,262, comprising freehold properties estimated at £750,000 and bank balances of £19,647.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDY DAVISchair
• PETER HARRISON
• Rev DAN EAGLES
• WILLIAM EASTON

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

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