BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH

Registered charity 1149548 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sunday Church Services 10.00am Communion Service. 11.00am Family ServiceTuesday: Ministry and Prayer Service.Thursday 10.00am. Parent & Toddler Group.Annual KIDS HOLIDAY CLUB July/August.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS IN SUCH WAYS AND IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£193k

Latest spending

£80k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act and that the accounts accorded with those records. The examiner reported no material matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 3 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 23
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

HUW NATHAN ILEYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Christine Fenwick
Jonathan Mark Knowles
PAUL WILLIAM BACON
RUSSELL JOHN NOBLE · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Stephen Pickett

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£193k	£80k
31/12/2024	£106k	£99k
31/12/2023	£80k	£59k
31/12/2022	£70k	£64k
31/12/2021	£80k	£59k

Common questions

Is BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 have been examined by an independent examiner who confirmed that the accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act and that the accounts accorded with those records. The examiner reported no material matters requiring attention to enable a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, LEYLAND, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CARLISLE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, LEYLAND	FY2023	£150	Home Missions
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, LEYLAND	FY2022	£150	Home Missions
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST ANDREW'S, LEYLAND	FY2021	£45	Home Missions
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CARLISLE	FY2021	amount not stated

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEWARDSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH.

SEWARDSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £36k
BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH, HAY ON WYE income £71k
BEWDLEY BAPTIST CHURCH income £119k
EDEN CHURCH CARLISLE income £122k
ARNOLD ROAD EVANGELICAL CHURCH income £166k
ACTS COMMUNITY CHURCH income £157k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH	£193k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SEWARDSTONE EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHESDA EVANGELICAL CHURCH, HAY ON WYE FY2025	£71k	£28,101	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEWDLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FY2025	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EDEN CHURCH CARLISLE FY2025	£122k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ARNOLD ROAD EVANGELICAL CHURCH FY2025	£166k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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