BETHLEHEM CARE AND HOSPICE TRUST

Registered charity 1158406 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE HALLAM (BETHLEHEM) FUND · also registered in Scotland as SC048752 (OSCR)

We presently provide specialist palliative Hospice Care services to those diagnosed with terminal illness in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The service is presently focused in the Bethlehem Governate where reported cancer cases are highest. Our plans are to extend these services to other towns and villages.

Objects

THE CHARITY SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN ACCOMMODATION / FACILITIES FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) IN BETHLEHEM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE DIOCESE OF THE LATIN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT UNDERTAKEN WITH A CHRISTIAN ETHOS:-1)THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP;2)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, AND3)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: WIDOWHOOD, UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, POOR EDUCATION OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS).

Area of benefit: IN BETHLEHEM OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE DIOCESE OF THE LATIN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £55,192 for the year ended 18th February 2025, resulting in a decrease in free reserves from £254,700 to £199,508. The Trustees acknowledge that reserves are decreasing while expenditure exceeds income but consider the current level appropriate for short-term operations. The filing notes that the charity recruited a Fundraising Manager and increased donations by 31% to £67,840.

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 6 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bethlehem Care and Hospice Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Morgan Hopkinschair
• Alexis Tucker
• CATHERINE PHILOMENA MCNALLY
• Fiona Ann Goodhart
• JOHN KEVIN BOOTH
• JOSEPH GEORGE MCNALLY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jacoub Sleibi Dr
• Rev AUGUSTINE CHRISTOPHER O'REILLY
• Rev John Walsh
• Rev Martin Edward Kelly
• Rita Caroline Walsh
• Siobhan Doran

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

Operates in: Occupied Palestinian Territories · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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