PRESTON BETHANY CARE

Registered charity 1140242 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's object is to advance the Christian Faith as set out in the Doctrinal Basis and to relieve elderly, poor, sick, disabled, or infirm persons, and for those purposes, among other activities, to provide residential accommodation for such persons administered to the glory of God.

Causes: Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.2m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £83,544 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by occupancy levels boosting income. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound, with free reserves of £1,137,260, which they deem adequate to fulfill the charity's obligations. The auditor 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: 12 months of expenditure (region of £1,100,000) (held: £1.1m)

“The trustees have previously adopted a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets held by the charity, should be broadly equivalent to 12 months of expenditure. This level of reserves has been set because of the unknown impact on future years of COVID-19 and inflation. For the current year this would be in the region of £1,100,000” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity paid Stephenson & Wright Limited £2,567 for building maintenance. Andrew Wright, a director and trustee, is a director and shareholder of this company.

“During the year the charity paid Stephenson & Wright Limited £2,567 (2024: £6,454) for building maintenance. Andrew Wright, a director and trustee, is a director and shareholder of this company. The expenditure is shown within repairs. No amounts were outstanding at the year end.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07394756 · Financial health read from its filings

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Stephen Hammersley — Chief Executive (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

CLOVEY, Sylvia Marian — director, appointed 05/02/2026on trustee list
ABBOTT, Michael Raymond — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
MCLAREN, Judith Ann, Dr — director, appointed 01/04/2025on trustee list
HILLMAN, Julian David — secretary, appointed 01/04/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Preston Bethany Care — Registered, 1 registered location, 1 regulated activity, last inspected 06/05/2021.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.2m

Total spending

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Bethany House: Good (24/10/2019) · CQC record

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/04/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Judith McLaren
Michael Abbott
Sylvia Clovey

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/03/2024	£1.1m	£1.0m
31/03/2023	£941k	£899k
31/03/2022	£768k	£791k
31/03/2021	£877k	£776k

Common questions

Is PRESTON BETHANY CARE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £83,544 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by occupancy levels boosting income. The trustees consider the financial position to be sound, with free reserves of £1,137,260, which they deem adequate to fulfill the charity's obligations. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL WITH ST LUKE FINCHLEY	1	£923

Charities like this

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

BETHANY CARE TRUST income £1.5m
BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES income £171k
BETHANY HOMESTEAD income £2.0m
BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE income £355k
THE CHRISTIAN CARE TRUST income £681k
PRESTON BAPTIST CHURCH, PAIGNTON income £153k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PRESTON BETHANY CARE	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BETHANY CARE TRUST FY2024	£1.5m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHANY FAITH MINISTRIES FY2024	£171k	—	0	above	—	noted
BETHANY HOMESTEAD FY2024	£2.0m	£90,000 - £99,999	1	within	—	no doubt
BETHANY CHRISTIAN CENTRE FY2025	£355k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CHRISTIAN CARE TRUST FY2025	£681k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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