BETHESDA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1153449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity primarily supports a new children's home in Mettupalayam,Tamil Nadu, South India for up to 150 children and young people run by Pastor G Samuel as part of the work of Bethesda Mission Trust.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN INDIA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £2,041 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £8,117 to £6,076. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,047, with the trustees believing only minimal reserves are required as they aim to distribute funds quarterly. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DUNCAN JAMES HOUSEchair
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN PARSONS
• JOHN ROBERT EKE · trustee of 1 other charity
• LINDA JOAN EKE
• Nicola Ann Torrance
• Sarah Thomas
• Steve Russell

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

Operates in: India

Income and spending

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