BETHESDA CARDIFF

Registered charity 1157230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Main worship services, weekly prayer and bible meetings, weekly coffee mornings, toddlers group, monthly lunch for the elderly, children and youth groups, youth weekends, financial support to mission workers in various countries, specialannual events at Christmas and Easter.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£382k

Latest spending

£825k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit for the year, resulting in a negative unrestricted fund balance of £17,507. The trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern, citing adequate resources and a secured loan to cover a building retention payment. The charity's reserves policy targets three to six months of expenditure, and the trustees consider the overall financial position satisfactory despite the building project costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: −£18k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant and loan provided by Western Counties and South Wales Evangelisation Trust, where a trustee is also a trustee.

“Mr M R Bodger is also a Trustee of Western Counties and South Wales Evangelisation Trust who provided a grant and a loan to Bethesda during the year.” — page 18

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
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: 40

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

Volunteers: 40

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

Volunteers: 40

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN ROBERT BODGERchair
Andrew John Baker
Jesse Daniel Burford
MARK RICHARD BODGER
Nathan James Medland
Sarah Elizabeth Baker

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£382k	£825k
31/12/2024	£303k	£55k
31/12/2023	£91k	£41k
31/12/2022	£64k	£47k
31/12/2021	£44k	£25k

Common questions

Is BETHESDA CARDIFF financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit for the year, resulting in a negative unrestricted fund balance of £17,507. The trustees maintain that the charity remains a going concern, citing adequate resources and a secured loan to cover a building retention payment. The charity's reserves policy targets three to six months of expenditure, and the trustees consider the overall financial position satisfactory despite the building project costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BETHESDA CARDIFF?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BETHESDA CARDIFF as a grant recipient include CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST, Kingdom Impact.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
Kingdom Impact	FY2025	£10k	Building programme

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
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETHESDA COMMUNITY CHARITABLE TRUST.

BETHESDA COMMUNITY CHARITABLE TRUST income £143k
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, ROGERSTONE income £158k
WESTCLIFF CHAREDI SYNAGOGUE income £85k
BEDFORD CENTRAL JAMEE MASJID AND ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE income £156k
UNITED CHURCH (BAPTIST AND URC) FERNDOWN income £89k
SHEFFIELD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH TRUST income £53k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BETHESDA CARDIFF	£382k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BETHESDA COMMUNITY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£143k	—	above	—	no doubt
BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, ROGERSTONE FY2025	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTCLIFF CHAREDI SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£85k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEDFORD CENTRAL JAMEE MASJID AND ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTRE FY2025	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UNITED CHURCH (BAPTIST AND URC) FERNDOWN FY2025	£89k	—	above	—	no doubt

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